Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 19:26:48 -0500 From: Jonathan Horne <freebsd@dfwlp.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: external drive Message-ID: <200707101926.48282.freebsd@dfwlp.com> In-Reply-To: <3A85D7EF44E1C744BF6434691F5659E9702D0D@www.fcimail.org> References: <3A85D7EF44E1C744BF6434691F5659E9702D0D@www.fcimail.org>
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On Tuesday 10 July 2007 17:21:35 Jean-Paul Natola wrote: > Hi all, > > After yesterdays fiasco trying to upgrade 5.5 to 6.2 - I just grabbed a new > drive and did a clean install of 6.2 > > Its working great, no errors I'm happy- > > There are some files (basically some custom config and cf files) that I > would like to copy from the 5.5 drive - > So I put it in an external enclosure and needless to say windows wouldn't > recognize it - and the MAC OSX though it sees it , it wont let me mount it > (despite the fact that I clicked mount drive ) > > 2 questions; > > 1. Is there anything out there that would let me read a BSD drive from a > windows or mac machine? > 2. If I do just plug the drive into the BSD USB port will it cause any > conflicts as there will be duplicates of the main slices > /var > /usr etc.. > > Or am I safe just plugging it in and mounting it? > > > PS: Thanks to everyone for the feedback yesterday - I learned A LOT in the > last 24 hours > > > > > > > > > > Jean-Paul > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" you can just plug it into the bsd box, it wont mount automatically. you can create temporary mountpoints, say maybe: /media/usr /media/var /media/root and mount them on those. copy what you need out, and the unmount them when youre ready. hth, -- Jonathan Horne http://dfwlpiki.dfwlp.org freebsd@dfwlp.com
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