From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 20 22:28:01 2004 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 CCAE716A4CF for ; Mon, 20 Sep 2004 22:28:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from clunix.cl.msu.edu (clunix.cl.msu.edu [35.9.2.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5134D43D2F for ; Mon, 20 Sep 2004 22:28:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by clunix.cl.msu.edu (8.11.7p1+Sun/8.11.7) id i8KMJlH01529; Mon, 20 Sep 2004 18:19:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Jerry McAllister Message-Id: <200409202219.i8KMJlH01529@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org (Jonathon McKitrick) Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 18:19:06 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <20040920213445.GA38763@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> from "Jonathon McKitrick" at Sep 20, 2004 10:34:46 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL2] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: JohnsoBS@vicksburg.navy.mil cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Need help with dying drive/restoring data 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: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 22:28:02 -0000 > > > 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. > _______________________________________________