Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 12:00:58 -0700 (PDT) From: Roman Volf <volfman@keystreams.com> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mount_ext2fs issue Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.43L0.0204171159320.44015-100000@phantom.keystreams.com> In-Reply-To: <20020417144906.Y50616-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org>
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[root@locutus /dev]# mount -t ext2fs /dev/rad1s4 /old/var ext2fs: /dev/rad1s4: Invalid argument [root@locutus /dev]# mount -t ext2fs /dev/rad1s5 /old/var ext2fs: /dev/rad1s5: No such file or directory They did not exist on this machine either until I did a MAKEDEV. :) I was getting desperate. Roman Volf President Keystreams Internet Solutions http://www.keystreams.com (619)572-2062 volfman@keystreams.com On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Chris BeHanna wrote: > On Wed, 17 Apr 2002, Roman Volf wrote: > > > I would have posted this to -questions, but I believe the list is down, or > > at least the online search is down. > > > > The problem i'm having is accessing a drive which had Slackware Linux > > installed on it. The partition table of the drive looked like this: > > > > /dev/hda1 (swap) > > /dev/hda2 (/) > > /dev/hda3 (/usr) > > /dev/hda4 (extended partition) > > /dev/hda5 (/var) > > /dev/hda6 (/home) > > > > I then installed new hard drive and installed FreeBSD on it. Compiled the > > kernel with the EXT2FS option, and proceeded to mount the partitions. > > > > [root@locutus ~]# mount -t ext2fs /dev/ad1s2 /old/slash > > [root@locutus ~]# mount -t ext2fs /dev/ad1s3 /old/usr > > [root@locutus ~]# mount -t ext2fs /dev/ad1s4 /old/var > > ext2fs: /dev/ad1s4: Invalid argument > > [root@locutus ~]# mount -t ext2fs /dev/ad1s5 /old/var > > ext2fs: /dev/ad1s5: No such file or directory > > [root@locutus ~]# mount -t ext2fs /dev/ad1s6 /old/var > > ext2fs: /dev/ad1s6: No such file or directory > > > > Is there some other format I can use to read these partitions? I'm more > > concerned with /home, as it has all the data I need. Here is the ouput of > > fdisk for /dev/ad1: > > What does ls /dev/ad1s* tell you? > > On my system, /dev/ad1s[56] do not exist. > > It's entirely possible that mount_ext2fs expects a raw device > argument. What happens when you try > > mount -t ext2fs /dev/rad1s4 /old/var > > ? > > (Yeah, I know rad1s4 and ad1s4 are the same, but mount_ext2fs might > not know that.) > > -- > Chris BeHanna > Software Engineer (Remove "bogus" before responding.) > behanna@bogus.zbzoom.net > I was raised by a pack of wild corn dogs. > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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