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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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