Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:46:45 +0100 From: tomasz dereszynski <tomaszd@paraklet.net> To: jeffry killen <jekillen@prodigy.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Salvage files from harddrive Message-ID: <4AE0D2C5.8080206@paraklet.net> In-Reply-To: <2cd283d1fad03837950ef165cf75756c@prodigy.net> References: <2cd283d1fad03837950ef165cf75756c@prodigy.net>
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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
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