From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 9 08:18:25 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 53E5516A402 for ; Tue, 9 May 2006 08:18:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kuku@www.kukulies.org) Received: from www.kukulies.org (www.kukulies.org [213.146.112.180]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 43C5A43D45 for ; Tue, 9 May 2006 08:18:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kuku@www.kukulies.org) Received: from www.kukulies.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www.kukulies.org (8.13.3/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k498IIhZ036198; Tue, 9 May 2006 10:18:19 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from kuku@www.kukulies.org) Received: (from kuku@localhost) by www.kukulies.org (8.13.3/8.12.10/Submit) id k498IHjv036193; Tue, 9 May 2006 10:18:17 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from kuku) Date: Tue, 9 May 2006 10:18:17 +0200 From: "Christoph P. Kukulies" To: Victor Lundwall Message-ID: <20060509081817.GA32757@kukulies.org> References: <200605081557.k48FvOo4072890@www.kukulies.org> <445F804E.9040809@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <445F804E.9040809@gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Cc: Christoph Kukulies , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: could not determine fs type - fsck X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 09 May 2006 08:18:25 -0000 On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 07:30:54PM +0200, Victor Lundwall wrote: > Christoph Kukulies wrote: > > I replaced a disk that had trouble with fsck in a 5.3 system and connected it > > to a 5.2.1 system for further examinaton. > > > > starting fsck /dev/ad3 gave me an error: could not determine file system type. > > > > Had there been some change in FS right between FreeBSD 5.2 and 5.3 such that > > either systems couldn't recognize each others FSs? > > Don't you haft to have a specific partition and slice? So it should be > something like fsck_ufs /dev/ad3s1a? Else way try > fsck_ufs /dev/ad3. I think I tried fsck -t UFS /dev/ad3 already (not sure though, will be in the office later in the afternoon and try then). I believe you can also do a newfs /dev/ad1 instead of newfs /dev/ad1s1 which may result in a different disk layout. I'm also not sure about that. -- Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies kuku_at_kukulies.org