Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 08:35:51 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: David Daugherty <doc@wcug.wwu.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mounting old FreeBSD drive Message-ID: <14993.12103.774465.868242@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <36794907@toto.iv>
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David Daugherty <doc@wcug.wwu.edu> types: > I really hosed my system up with the last cvsup/mergemaster. All of the > files are still there something is just screwed up with getty and /dev. > > Anyways, I've reinstalled 4.2-R on a different drive. Is it possible for > me to get to the /usr partition on the old drive setting it to slave? I've > figured out how to mount the drive in fstab but I can only see / and I > need to mount /usr. The slave drive is 4.2-S and is partitioned with /, > /usr, /var, and swap. You don't mount drives; you mount partitions. You need to mount all the partitions on the old drive - probably into the files they mounted on in your old root (i.e. - if you mounted the old / as /old, then mount the old /usr as /old/usr, and the old /var as /old/var). There is no reason to mount the old swap if you've got a new one already, unless you just want lots of swap space. Do *not* mount the old /usr as /usr; that will put kernel and userland out of sync, which is asking for trouble. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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