Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 12:46:37 -0700 From: Joe S <js.lists@gmail.com> To: "Bill Schmitt (SW)" <software@schmittnet.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Restoring Data from a DD image Message-ID: <43457F1D.8080807@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <434568BB.9090904@schmittnet.com> References: <434568BB.9090904@schmittnet.com>
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Bill Schmitt (SW) wrote: > I've just replaced a hard disk that was dying fast. I've done a full > installation of 4.9 (later releases won't install, which I've submitted > a problem report on already). The old disk is connected but not mounted. > Searching around, I found some suggestions to try to read the old disk > to restore what I can and I used dd to copy what could be found (dd > -if=/dev/ad0s1e of=/usr/olddsk/oldimag.dmg conv=noerror,sync) and it > seems to have copied the file. Now, I'm a little stuck. Can someone help > me understand how do I mount that image somewhere to browse it and copy > what I can from it? If I'm not going about this the right way, I'd > appreciate other suggestions > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > man vnconfig man mount This may work: # vnconfig /dev/vn0 /usr/olddsk/oldimag.dmg # mount /dev/vn0 /some_mount_point_on_your_system
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