Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 01:17:14 +0100 (BST) From: David Marsh <drmarsh@bigfoot.com> To: FreeBSD-Users <freebsd-users@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> Cc: FreeBSD-Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: How do I mount a 2nd IDE hard disk FreeBSD partition? Message-ID: <XFMail.990929011714.drmarsh@bigfoot.com>
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[To the people on FreeBSD-Users: Hi, I'm "almost" back, but not quite..] I have been trying to "upgrade" my system from 2.2.7 to 3.2 by installing 3.2 onto a new hard disk. I now want to regain access to my existing files so that I can copy them onto the new hard disk. My 3.2 installation (eventually!) went well, and I must commend the core team's work on the FreeBSD installation program, which did its stuff just fine [1], and even managed to squeeze a resolution for X of 1152x768whatever out of my graphics card, which I hadn't managed before ;-) [1] And isn't as scarey as I'd thought it was. Once you get somebody else to do your first install, and then pick up odds and ends along the way, things don't seem so bad after that.. Anyway, my problem is that I can't seem to be able to mount my old hard disk. Both disks are alive and work fine in isolation: I've been ripping cables out swapping back and forth from the old disk to the new disk as my boot disk ;-) However, when both disks are installed (new disk on 1st IDE channel, master, old disk on 2nd IDE channel, master) (also CD drive on 1st IDE channel, slave) although the BIOS and the bootmenu recognise that there are two disks present, I can't seem to mount the old disk! I'm afraid I'm not quite sure exactly _how_ to mount the disk. I've had as quick/long a swatch around the handbook/FAQ/website as phone charges allow me to ( :-( ), but I can't see any completely idiot-proof instructions on mounting IDE disks (plus the whole slice/partition/disk unit/whatever thing has me further confused). What little I understand is as follows: From dmesg (booting 3.2 with both disks present): My new disk appears as wd0 wdc0 (What's the difference? I'm afraid I'm really confused by these things referring to almost(?) the same thing with scarily similar names?) My old disk appears as wd2 wcd1 (I *think*!) (Damn, I forgot to note that down before booting the old disk (only) again: now I'm thoroughly confused, sorry! Actually this is doubly tricky, as the new 3.2 install isn't in a fit state to get access to the net, so I can't type this message from there, only from 2.2.7 on the old disk..) My old disk partitions were as follows: (from /etc/fstab) /dev/wd0s2b swap /dev/wd0s2a / Trying any and all combinations of mount -r /dev/wd1s2a /mnt mount -r /dev/wd2s2a /mnt does not seem to get me anywhere. (Combinations being omitting the 'a' at the end, changing 1 to 2, etc, etvc) I think that mount -r /dev/wd2s2a /mnt is the right mount-point??? but there doesn't seem to be a /dev/wd2s2a on my new 3.2 system (only wd2s2, IIRC). Is this right, and if so, how do I go about making the right device? Sorry, for being so vague and confused: I've just realised that I haven't noted down nearly as much relevant information as I'd needed to, and I'm on the "wrong disk" to be able to check up as I type :-( Plus being the end of a long evening trying to get this install to work, doesn't help... :-( Any help in getting my old hard disk mounted in tandem with the new one would be greatly appreciated, thanks! (cc:s from FreeBSD-questions would be very welcome as I don't have the bandwidth/money to subscribe to the full mailing list) Many thanks, David. --- David Marsh,drmarsh@bigfoot.com | http://www.viewport.f9.co.uk/ | Glasgow/Glaschu, Scotland. | If urgent, phone: +44 77-121-848-90 | > CYCLEWAY: cycle activism GB/IE: http://www.viewport.f9.co.uk/cycleway/ < > Trim quotes b4 replying / Quote 1st, reply 2nd / Ask b4 attaching files < To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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