Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 18:19:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org (Jonathon McKitrick) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need help with dying drive/restoring data Message-ID: <200409202219.i8KMJlH01529@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20040920213445.GA38763@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> from "Jonathon McKitrick" at Sep 20, 2004 10:34:46 PM
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> > > Okay, I found that the fixit disk is able to mount the filesystem on the > dying drive. But I have a couple of problems. > > 1. Since this is a laptop (no CD-R or other mass storage besides the drive) > I need a way to get a few big tarballs made and sent elsewhere. I don't > think a floppy will work. I have a parallel port zip drive I will try > tomorrow. I can't figure out how to get my wi interface up. I loaded the > kld, inserted the card and heard it beep, but no interface shows up, or at > least pccardd didn't load it correctly. Not sure what to do next. Can you plug in a direct ethernet line and transfer stuff somewhere if you can't get the wireless to go? > > 2. My /usr partition is on slice ad0s1g, but mount on the fixit disk > doesn't recognize that device. How can I mount this slice? Possibly it is now showing up as a different number drive such as may no longer disk 0, but disk 1 - as in ad1s1g. Just a wild guess. ////jerry ps, You don't mount the slice. You mount the device - actually the file system in the partition which you are identifying as 'g' which is in slice '1' on disk 0 (unless it has renumbered the disk to '1' or something). - just clarifying terminology. /jrm > > jm > -- > My other computer is your Windows box. > _______________________________________________
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