From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 8 19:42:20 2012 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 6D95D106566C for ; Sun, 8 Jan 2012 19:42:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-questions@m.gmane.org) Received: from lo.gmane.org (lo.gmane.org [80.91.229.12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 278558FC0A for ; Sun, 8 Jan 2012 19:42:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RjydF-0005Cm-Cv for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:42:17 +0100 Received: from pool-108-35-58-254.nycmny.fios.verizon.net ([108.35.58.254]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:42:17 +0100 Received: from rvclayton by pool-108-35-58-254.nycmny.fios.verizon.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 08 Jan 2012 20:42:17 +0100 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: rvclayton@verizon.net (R. Clayton) Date: Sun, 08 Jan 2012 14:42:01 -0500 Lines: 30 Message-ID: <87zkdy6kxi.fsf@UlanBator.myhome.westell.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: pool-108-35-58-254.nycmny.fios.verizon.net User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:6R0j56wsxA0LHXXOX+0jD4iKc3g= Subject: OpenBSD disk on FreeBSD. 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: Sun, 08 Jan 2012 19:42:20 -0000 I have a usb external hard drive from a dead OpenBSD x86 system, and I want to mount the drive on $ uname -a FreeBSD AngkorWat 8.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE #0: Thu Feb 17 02:41:51 UTC 2011 root@mason.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC amd64 $ fdisk on the FreeBSD system looks like Disk name: da0 FDISK Partition Editor DISK Geometry: 20023 cyls/255 heads/63 sectors = 321669495 sectors (157065MB) Offset Size(ST) End Name PType Desc Subtype Flags 0 63 62 - 12 unused 0 63 321669432 321669494 da0s4 4 OpenBSD FFS 166 = 321669495 3465 321672959 - 12 unused 0 The OpenBSD fstab is gone, and the backup copy is (of course) on the disk I want to mount. How do I go about mounting this disk on FreeBSD? The following don't work: # mount /dev/da0 mnt mount: /dev/da0 : Invalid argument # mount /dev/da0s4 mnt mount: /dev/da0s4 : Operation not permitted #