freebsd stable - Sep 2004 - How to mount extra partitions from a fixit disk

Here's my scenario: I'm running 4.10 on a laptop, and the drive is in
the
process of dying.  It won't boot, but from the fixit disk I am able to
access the root directory.  Root is assigned to ad0s1a, which the fixit disk
has in the /dev directory.  However, /usr is on ad0s1g.  There is no entry
for this device in /dev, and no MAKEDEV script either.  How can I mount this
device/partition to access /usr?

Also, I'm trying to decide how to get the data off the laptop.  I have a wi
card and a parallel port zip drive.  Which would be easier to get working?
Can I simply copy the modules from another 4.10 box and then break into the
boot cycle and load them there?

jm
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owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org wrote:
> Here's my scenario: I'm running 4.10 on a laptop, and the
> drive is in the process of dying.  It won't boot, but from
> the fixit disk I am able to access the root directory.  Root
> is assigned to ad0s1a, which the fixit disk has in the /dev
> directory.  However, /usr is on ad0s1g.  There is no entry
> for this device in /dev, and no MAKEDEV script either.  How
> can I mount this device/partition to access /usr?
> 
> Also, I'm trying to decide how to get the data off the
> laptop.  I have a wi card and a parallel port zip drive.
> Which would be easier to get working? Can I simply copy the
> modules from another 4.10 box and then break into the boot cycle and
> load them there? 
> 
> jm
How about downloading FreeSBIE on another computer, burning it to an ISO and
using that? I've never used the fixit CD but FreeSBIE is based on 5.2.1 and
may have better luck. maybe.

On the same vain you could try knoppix, though I'm not sure that the Linux
kernel is compiled with support for UFS. A completely different code base
may have some luck disentangling your dying drive.

Steve

Can't you just pick it out and use an adapter with another computer?

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>Here's my scenario: I'm running 4.10 on a laptop, and the drive is
in the
>process of dying.  It won't boot, but from the fixit disk I am able to
>access the root directory.  Root is assigned to ad0s1a, which the fixit 
>disk
>has in the /dev directory.  However, /usr is on ad0s1g.  There is no entry
>for this device in /dev, and no MAKEDEV script either.  How can I mount 
>this
>device/partition to access /usr?
>
>Also, I'm trying to decide how to get the data off the laptop.  I have a
wi
>card and a parallel port zip drive.  Which would be easier to get working?
>Can I simply copy the modules from another 4.10 box and then break into the
>boot cycle and load them there?
>
>jm
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