Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2009 11:02:43 -0700 From: jeffry killen <jekillen@prodigy.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: salvaging hard drive contents Message-ID: <c1d51f0fbd14910fb7121c3e6fad565f@prodigy.net>
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> Hello; > I have a hard drive that contains the /var file system in a system that > will not boot. > In single user mode I can mount /var. > > I want to take this disk and put it in another FreeBSD system and > try to copy the files I need off of it to a safe place. > > The system I will plug it into will also have a separate disk with > /var. > > Is there going to be a conflict with the labels and how would I > best go about this? response to above query------------------- There will be no conflict. All the magic as to 'wher to mout what' is in the /etc/fstab file. because it doesn't know about the disk you're adding, ther won'tbe any conflicts. Simply use the long form of mount(1), to wit: "mount devicename mountpoint", and mount it on any convenient location, say '/mnt'. -------------- Now I have the hard disk I want to recover mounted but please for give me for being in the learning phase, but how to I cd on to this drive? I mounted it using the suggested 'mount -r (in this case ad12s1d) /var' now how do I actually read it? I tried cd ad12s1d/var and I got the 'file does not exist' response. If I do cd /; ls -la I do not see an added entry. Thanks for suggestions, info, etc Jeff K
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