Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 03:49:56 -0600 (CST) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Tim McMillen <timcm@umich.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vnconfig question Message-ID: <14896.44740.999965.890752@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <117056490@toto.iv>
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Tim McMillen <timcm@umich.edu> types: > Hi, I am trying to access an image that I made of a small hard > drive. I made it pretty simply with dd if=/dev/ad1 of=file > I can get vnconfig working fine with an iso, but I try somethig similiar > with my image and I get this output and error: > tim# ls > maxtorbackup > tim# vnconfig vn0c ./maxtorbackup > tim# mount_msdos /dev/vn0c /mnt > mount_msdos: /dev/vn0c: Invalid argument > > The disk was msdos ver 6 and mounting it worked correctly so I > figured this would too. I read the manpage and can't see where I am going > wrong. Did I need certain options to dd when I made the image to get this > to work? Help would be greatly appreciated. At a wild guess, you're running into problems with the slice table. Without knowing how you mounted it as a disk and how you created the image, it's hard to say. You might try using the appropriate sliced vn device (vn0s1, say). <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Unix/FreeBSD consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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