From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Oct 22 22:13:39 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07EA4106568F for ; Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:13:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tomaszd@paraklet.net) Received: from dns.magraf.pl (bxc133.internetdsl.tpnet.pl [83.18.236.133]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22DF28FC1D for ; Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:13:37 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 42245 invoked by uid 0); 22 Oct 2009 21:46:55 -0000 Received: from 92.27.92.98 (tomaszd@paraklet.net@92.27.92.98) by first.magraf.pl (envelope-from , uid 0) with qmail-scanner-2.01st (clamdscan: 0.95.2/9921. spamassassin: 3.2.5. perlscan: 2.01st. Clear:RC:0(92.27.92.98):SA:0(-0.5/5.0):. Processed in 0.318731 secs); 22 Oct 2009 21:46:55 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.5 required=5.0 Received: from unknown (HELO tomasz-dereszynskis-imac-g5.local) (tomaszd@paraklet.net@92.27.92.98) by dns.magraf.pl with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP; 22 Oct 2009 21:46:55 -0000 Message-ID: <4AE0D2C5.8080206@paraklet.net> Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:46:45 +0100 From: tomasz dereszynski User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (Macintosh/20090812) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: jeffry killen References: <2cd283d1fad03837950ef165cf75756c@prodigy.net> In-Reply-To: <2cd283d1fad03837950ef165cf75756c@prodigy.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Salvage files from harddrive 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: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:13:39 -0000 jeffry killen wrote: > Hello; > I have a hard drive that contains the /var file system in a system that > will not boot. > In single user mode I can mount /var. > > I want to take this disk and put it in another FreeBSD system and > try to copy the files I need off of it to a safe place. > > The system I will plug it into will also have a separate disk with > /var. > > Is there going to be a conflict with the labels and how would I > best go about this? > > system is FreeBSD v6.2 > > Thank you in advance for guidance, suggestions. > JK Nay, you need to check as what 'device' that partition has been recognised on your 'new' system and mount it wherever you like e.g. mkdir /tmp/old-var mount /dev/da0s1a /mnt/old-var -- bEsT rEgArDs | "Confidence is what you have before you tomasz dereszynski | understand the problem." -- Woody Allen | Spes confisa Deo | "In theory, theory and practice are much numquam confusa recedit | the same. In practice they are very | different." -- Albert Einstein