From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 19 11:51:05 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E9FCC16A4CE for ; Fri, 19 Dec 2003 11:51:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from rocket.alienwebshop.com (rocket.alienwebshop.com [216.120.226.160]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07CD243D41 for ; Fri, 19 Dec 2003 11:51:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from Hostmaster@Video2Video.Com) Received: from alienwebshop.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by rocket.alienwebshop.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 497ADFF03; Fri, 19 Dec 2003 14:51:03 -0500 (EST) Received: from 63.109.229.13 (SquirrelMail authenticated user pete) by webmail.alienwebshop.com with HTTP; Fri, 19 Dec 2003 11:51:03 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <54141.63.109.229.13.1071863463.squirrel@webmail.alienwebshop.com> Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 11:51:03 -0800 (PST) From: "Peter Leftwich" To: In-Reply-To: <20031219131148.GA40808@ei.bzerk.org> References: <20031219004318.W18755@rocket.alienwebshop.com> <20031219131148.GA40808@ei.bzerk.org> X-Priority: 3 Importance: Normal X-Mailer: SquirrelMail (version 1.2.11) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit cc: sdbug@sdbug.org cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to mount FreeBSD from Debian or any Linux possibly X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 19:51:06 -0000 Ruben de Groot wrote: > On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 12:48:40AM -0500, Peter Leftwich typed: >> Here is how to mount your freebsd partition from Linux (in my >> case, it was a CD-R of the Debian-based bootable known as >> Knoppix available from www.knoppix.net). As long as your Linux ... >> The only thing I could not figure out was how to "su" my >> currently-running X session. That would allow me to use KDE and >> Konqueror to browse graphically to the directory >> /mnt/freebsdpartition ... anyone know how? > > Not needed. try: > mount -t ufs -o ufstype=44bsd,uid=knoppix /dev/hda2 /mnt/freebsdpartition > (that is, if your X session is running as user "knoppix".) My X session *was* unfortunately running as "knoppix" but I could do a Ctrl-Alt-F1 (or Alt-F1 I forget) and go to the vtty there, type in just "passwd" and then be prompted for a new root password so that in my X session, I could run a terminal window and "su" then type in THAT new password. (Sorry; Was that explained well?) Anyways. The icon for the mounted "freebsdpartition" had a padlock icony, hence, it seemed that only root had GUI (graphical user interface) access to the mounted drive! Nuts. -- Peter Leftwich President & Founder, Video2Video Services Box 13692, La Jolla, CA, 92039 USA http://Www.Video2Video.Com