From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 4 20:17:39 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 343D51065670 for ; Fri, 4 Dec 2009 20:17:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from modulok@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pz0-f185.google.com (mail-pz0-f185.google.com [209.85.222.185]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B2558FC19 for ; Fri, 4 Dec 2009 20:17:38 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pzk15 with SMTP id 15so310780pzk.3 for ; Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:17:38 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=jyEtkBn6l3Spa13V0a3k1n5xf8/hZVrLtiyFfbr2LJ8=; b=i1SxvBwSzHPopHrd+sHVAI3A0AqkM/B/m8vFD6OJ4VL6p2T3IYN63aHoIC4HGMV7uP kUL5z63rKH3zdl4n/EcU+XzQrF/aMImHyA5POAcbPtwRdQmNY1tkJlRKy7PIEX3CV6LL KIRX8jlz40PuLoVXe4zVu4QKiUKVacu+/PGFQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=jC0sGDTT7pAQCN94OtJ0yEScJNKOcNSg07iNuvOO/4ZCJLkQ09aN1+0X/NuQjGhibX g6ov8yah59rh9MFam1F1RLFVv58xrKsitW1PFWs34PhzDAa9vUJ0TEzpCLpdzoCyHaTh QzptLg5Nhce/ywFU4KKaxcM0slEFFSVS0hUGY= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.142.4.38 with SMTP id 38mr397830wfd.119.1259957858525; Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:17:38 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <20091204185157.GA4904@alucard.int.rhavenn.net> Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:17:38 -0700 Message-ID: <64c038660912041217m56d2aad1xedf38a9bf4d170fe@mail.gmail.com> From: Modulok To: Tom Worster Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: recovering data from this disk 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: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:17:39 -0000 You might try freesbie. It's not a fixit shell, it's a full FreeBSD on a live CD. I've had better luck with it in the past than the fixit shell. Worth a shot. -Modulok- On 12/4/09, Tom Worster wrote: > On 12/4/09 1:51 PM, "Henrik Hudson" wrote: > >> On Fri, 04 Dec 2009, Tom Worster wrote: >> >>> any suggestions how to recover data from either of the mirrored disks >>> that i >>> can't get to boot? the situation is described below. >> >> If they were indeed mirrored then try a FreeBSD live distro boot CD >> and boot into that then just mount one of the disk partitions that >> you need. > > thanks, henrik, > > but i wasn't able to make the live fs fixit shell work. i get an error > message when i try to start the live fs shell: "ldconfig could not create > the ld.so hints file" and all commands fail to work. > > tom > > >>> >>> (i'm assuming, given the silence on this, that making the system work >>> after >>> the freebsd-update is a lost cause.) >>> >>> >>> On 12/3/09 11:14 AM, "Tom Worster" wrote: >>> >>>> after running freebsd-update -r 8.0-RELEASE upgrade my system won't >>>> boot. it >>>> gets stuck on mountroot and i can't find the magic word it wants. >>>> >>>> the system used to have two sata drives /dev/ad4 and ad6. they were >>>> partitioned and sliced using the deafaults that sysinstall suggested. >>>> >>>> at the boot prompt, lsdev says: >>>> >>>> disk devices >>>> disk0: BIOS drive C: >>>> disk0s1a: FFS >>>> disk0s1b: swap >>>> disk0s1d: FFS >>>> disk0s1e: FFS >>>> disk0s1f: FFS >>>> disk1: BIOS drive D: >>>> disk1s1a: FFS >>>> disk1s1b: swap >>>> disk1s1d: FFS >>>> disk1s1e: FFS >>>> disk1s1f: FFS >>>> >>>> which looks right, although i'm not familiar with the "disk" >>>> nomenclature. >>>> >>>> entering ? at mountroot mentions ad4 and ad6. >>>> >>>> geom_mirror was being used. >>>> >>>> i've tried saying "load geom_mirror" and/or "enable-module geom_mirror" >>>> at >>>> the >>>> boot prompt. neither made any difference. >>>> >>>> nothing i've said to mountroot works: >>>> >>>> ufs:/dev/ad4s1a >>>> ufs:/dev/ad6s1a >>>> ufs:/dev/mirror/gm0s1a >>>> ufs:/dev/disk0s1a >>>> ufs:/dev/disk1s1a >>>> >>>> does anyone know the magic word? i'd be very grateful. >>>> >>>> tom >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >>> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >