Subject: Re: Mounting Linux ext2 filesystems?
To: None <collver1@attbi.com>
From: Brian Chase <vaxzilla@jarai.org>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 06/08/2003 09:56:00
On Sat, 7 Jun 2003 collver1@attbi.com wrote:

> If I remember correctly:
>
> mbrlabel wd?
> # cut the line for the ext2 filesystem
>
> disklabel -E wd?
> # paste the line for the ext2 filesystem
> # if the new drive letter is not unique, increment it until it is
> # save and quit (:wq)
> # now you should be able to: mount -t ext2fs /dev/wd?? /mnt

Thanks.  As it turns out, I was able to get by with the first part of
your suggestion.  I used "mbrlabel wd0"  to get a listing of partition
names, and then issued mount commands to get the filesystems accessible
so I could copy off their contents.

-brian.