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    How can I mount a non-booting pfSense volume?

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      tolistim
      last edited by

      Hi Folks,

      Disk failure strikes.  I would like to double check my backups against the last state before the failure.  I can view the disk and its partition table is valid, it just won't boot.

      I would like to boot a new install and then mount the old disk.  Can we do this?  If yes, how as a simple "mount /dev/ad0pX" fails with unknown filesystem type.

      Thanks,
      Tim

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        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
        last edited by

        Use "-t ufs" on the mount command. You'll probably need to run "fsck -y -t ufs /dev/ad0pX" first.

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          JonathanLee @jimp
          last edited by

          @jimp say you use a second drive for logging should it be gpt and ufs what would be the newfs?

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