Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 00:30:45 -0700 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: chip <chip@wiegand.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: I'm at a loss for a way to mount this second harddrive Message-ID: <20000413003045.S4381@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <00041218332001.03591@chip.wiegand.org>; from chip@wiegand.org on Wed, Apr 12, 2000 at 05:37:32PM -0700 References: <20000412073834.G4381@fw.wintelcom.net> <00041218332001.03591@chip.wiegand.org>
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* chip <chip@wiegand.org> [000412 19:00] wrote: > > And here are the results of disklabel wd3s1 (as per your > instructions) > > chip# disklabel wd3s1 > # /dev/rwd3s1c: [snip] > 8 partitions: > # size offset fstype [fsize bsize bps/cpg] > a: 204800 0 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 0 - 16*) > b: 262144 204800 swap # (Cyl. 16*- 38*) > c: 4124673 0 unused 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 - 340*) > e: 3657729 466944 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 38*- 340*) > chip# > > I see it showing me rwd3s1c and wd1s1 (wd1s1x is already mounted, > see above), then your instructions were > > > then do this: > > disklabel wd3sX > > where 'X' is the number you got above.. then take the letter of the > > partition... a,e,f or g and just do this: > > mount /dev/wd3sXx > > where 'x' is the letter of the partition. > > X is one (1) already entered above, whence wd3s1 and mount wd2s1x is > any of the partitions showing in the table - a, b, c, e. > > > > and try to mount one of the partitions listed above. > > I have tried to mount wd3s1a, wd3s1b, wd3s1c, wd3s1e. Those are the > partitions to try to mount aren't they? > Maybe this is where I am going wrong? > > $ su > Password: > chip# mkdir /mnt2 > chip# mount /dev/wd3s1a /mnt2 > mount: Operation not permitted > chip# mount /dev/wd3s1b /mnt2 > mount: /dev/wd3s1b on /mnt2: incorrect super block > chip# mount /dev/wd3s1c /mnt2 > mount: Operation not permitted > chip# mount /dev/wd3s1e /mnt2 > mount: Operation not permitted > > I have tried to mount just the partitions that appear to me to > be valid, but you can see the results. I created the /mnt2 directory > as root, did the mounts as root. Okay, so apparently I am missing > something, we know that, but what? Maybe this harddisk just crashed > over night when I reinstalled the operating system, I don't know. > Should I put it into another machine and attempt to mount it there? I > have another bsd box, my firewall. You may have to run fsck on the partition, try: fsck /dev/rwd3s1a fsck /dev/rwd3s1e then try mouting them again. > > > > Honestly you are starting to annoy me, > > My apologies > > >I explained that you'll want > > to mount partitions shown from the disklabel command, your disklabel > > showed this: > > > chip# disklabel wd3s1 > > Instead of following my directions you proceeded to attempt to mount > > anything remotely resembling wd3s1_anything_ like some sysadmin in > > heat. > > Maybe I'm trying too hard? No, not reading enough of what's under you nose. :) > Once again, sorry if I am being a pest, but you do have the option of > just telling me to blow off and I'll not bother you anymore, I'l just > post to the group only I don't want you to go run off, I want to prod you enough so that you don't just realize _how_ to mount the disks, but also why you're having the problems you're having. I really can't see why you would be running mount on the b and c partitions: > a: 204800 0 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 0 - 16*) > b: 262144 204800 swap # (Cyl. 16*- 38*) > c: 4124673 0 unused 0 0 # (Cyl. 0 - 340*) > e: 3657729 466944 4.2BSD 1024 8192 16 # (Cyl. 38*- 340*) only 'a' and 'e' are marked as 4.2BSD, 'b' is obviously marked as 'swap' (not a filesystem) and if you look closely 'c' is actually a partition that covers the entire disk. again, only 'a' and 'e' are real partitions that can host a file system. a keen eye for these things can mean the difference between getting your data and frying it pretty quickly. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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