Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 15:30:18 -0400 From: Bob Collins <freebsd@anything-inc.com> To: Vincent Zee <basics@zenzee.cistron.nl> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: How to add a disk to a new system without losing the data on it? Message-ID: <5.2.0.9.0.20030912152824.00ae68a8@anything-inc.com> In-Reply-To: <20030912212827985691.GyazMail.basics@zenzee.cistron.nl> References: <20030912151942.17937d33.veritas@cogeco.ca> <20030912205633370130.GyazMail.basics@zenzee.cistron.nl> <000d01c37960$ffe5fdf0$ca0110ac@vinyl.tkvbp.com> <20030912211446739276.GyazMail.basics@zenzee.cistron.nl> <20030912211645203635.GyazMail.basics@zenzee.cistron.nl> <20030912151942.17937d33.veritas@cogeco.ca>
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At 03:28 PM 9/12/2003, Vincent Zee wrote: >On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 15:19:42 -0400, Veritas wrote: > > On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 21:16:45 +0200 > > Vincent Zee <basics@zenzee.cistron.nl> wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> In the dmesg it comes up as ad5 but when I mount it, it can't find the > >> device. > >> > >> mount ad5 /music2 > >> mount: ad5: No such file or directory > > > > Try it as /dev/ad5 instead. > >Hi, I tried that and I got the same response. > >I also made a device entry for it in /dev > >cd /dev >sh MAKEDEV ad5 > >mount /dev/ad5 /music2 >mount: /dev/ad5 on /music2: incorrect super block > >/\ >Vincent You need a slice there. If the system found the disk and booted fine. Look in /dev and see what is listed as ad5? Is there an ad5s1 ad5s2 ad5s3 ad5s4 etc? You will need to mount one of them. ad5 is the disk, you need a slice or partition...
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