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From: Erich Dollansky <erichsfreebsdlist@alogt.com>
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Hi,

On Mon, 28 Jul 2014 20:51:17 -0500
Brian Wood <woodbrian77@gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> I tried mounting some things listed under /dev  but that didn't work.
> I'm not sure what partition /boot is on.

/boot is on /

It should have a device name like /dev/ada0s1a. The 0 can be any other
number depending on you configuration.

Just try mounting read-only to check what is on the device. You can
also mount read/write if you are careful.

Erich