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>>>>> "Laine" == Laine Stump <lainestump@rcn.com> writes:
    Laine> At 07:56 PM 2/14/2003 +0200, Alan Barrett wrote:
    >> On Fri, 14 Feb 2003, Michael Richardson wrote: > I have a disk that I
    >> have moved from a Linux box to a NetBSD box.  > It has about 16
    >> partitions on it. There is one, that I wouldn't > mind retrieving data
    >> from before I wipe the disk. It is not > among the first partitions,
    >> so "disklabel wd1" does not see it.
    >> 
    >> Try mbrlabel(8) with the "-w" flag (to update the in-core label) but
    >> without the "-r" flag (to not update the on-disk label).

    Laine> One caveat - in my experience, if the disk just has a "fake"
    Laine> disklabel (not on the disk, but only in memory, as is usually the
    Laine> case when there is no NetBSD partition on the disk) you need to
    Laine> have at least one partition from the disk already mounted before

  Ah! A very astute suggestion. Thank you!

    Laine> running mbrlabel in order for its work to "stick". I usually first
    Laine> mount the "primary" DOS partition (which is always properly
    Laine> visible in the fake disklabel), then run mbrlabel as instructed
    Laine> above, then mount the extended partitions that I need.

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