Date: Sat, 18 May 2002 21:36:25 -0700 From: "Kevin G. Eliuk" <kg@dccnet.com> To: knight <knight@knightstalker.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Mounting an existing file system. Message-ID: <3CE72BC9.3000508@dccnet.com> References: <00c201c1feec$b36c9820$0100a8c0@screamer>
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knight wrote: > OK...I Know this has been addressed. I am just hoping to save time. I > have had to create a new freebsd box. I have done so and the system is > running fine. I have a drive that had an existing system on it. I want > to mount that drive on the new box. > > Now the question. How do I mount the old drive when there are no files > in /dev to mount with. I remember doing this once before, and for the > life of me I can not remember how to generate the /dev/adxxx file for > the existing slices. as root # cd /dev # ./MAKEDEV ad[drive #] If you need extended drive access # ./MAKEDEV ad[drive #]s[part. #]a man MAKEDEV and/or read the top of the MAKEDEV script To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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