From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 20 22:36:03 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 F422316A4CE for ; Mon, 20 Sep 2004 22:36:02 +0000 (GMT) Received: from yearning.mcc.ac.uk (yearning.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.203.23]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 464F643D1D for ; Mon, 20 Sep 2004 22:36:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by yearning.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.12) id 1C9WlL-0000BO-00; Mon, 20 Sep 2004 23:35:59 +0100 Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) i8KMZwYu039507; Mon, 20 Sep 2004 23:35:58 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.12.10/8.12.6/Submit) id i8KMZsbL039506; Mon, 20 Sep 2004 23:35:54 +0100 (BST) Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 23:35:54 +0100 From: Jonathon McKitrick To: Jerry McAllister Message-ID: <20040920223554.GB38763@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <20040920213445.GA38763@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <200409202219.i8KMJlH01529@clunix.cl.msu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200409202219.i8KMJlH01529@clunix.cl.msu.edu> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i 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 22:36:03 -0000 On Mon, Sep 20, 2004 at 06:19:06PM -0400, Jerry McAllister wrote: : > : > : > 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? Yes, if I can get a regular ed0 device to work. : 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). I guess I don't know exactly how this works. I thought if I mounted the device it would mount all the partitions. But I cannot get to the /usr directory. jm -- My other computer is your Windows box.