Subject: Re: configuring a new IDE disk with a prexisting FS (ext2)
To: Mark Hattarki <mindfunk@mindfunk.net>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 06/05/2001 19:40:35 
On Sun, Jun 03, 2001 at 03:18:06PM -0700, Mark Hattarki wrote:
> 
> hello,
> 
> 	I need to copy some data from a linux disk before I reformat
> it. I've installed the disk, but I can't mount it. Disklabel gives me a
> "device not configured error." So, how do I configure it?

Run 'mbrlabel' on it, and then 'disklabel' to see which partition you want
to mount.

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Manuel Bouyer, LIP6, Universite Paris VI.           Manuel.Bouyer@lip6.fr
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