Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 12:49:30 -0700 From: Joe S <js.lists@gmail.com> To: Joe S <js.lists@gmail.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org, "Bill Schmitt \(SW\)" <software@schmittnet.com> Subject: Re: Restoring Data from a DD image Message-ID: <43457FCA.60603@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <43457F1D.8080807@gmail.com> References: <434568BB.9090904@schmittnet.com> <43457F1D.8080807@gmail.com>
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Joe S wrote: > 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 > > You may need to use /dev/vn0c instead of /dev/vn0 in both commands. See the handbook for more info: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/disks-virtual.html Note: vnconfig is for 4.x, while mdconfig is for 5.x -joe
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