Simple HDD File Explorer from BootCD for FreeBSD format.

senenmut

senenmut

Hello,
i am running GhostBSD on a laptop.
However the system does not boot anymore. No problem. I change to a newer laptop. Have ordered one.
Wanna copy my home-folder on that old laptop with a simple bootCD tool that can access to the HDD in the laptop.
Normal backup tools on boot cds such like HIREN bootcd are prepared for other file systems. not GPT BSD.
They display that the drive is not formatted and have 0 Bytes.
Any suggestins for such kind of tool ? I would appreciate it.

In other words :
your bsd system does not boot. HDD still works.
you don't care about why it does not boot. you want to change your computer anyway.
the only thing you want to do is to copy your home folder to a pen stick to have your data.


SM
 
senenmut said:
i am running GhostBSD on a laptop.
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Keep in mind that GhostBSD itself is not supported here.

senenmut said:
Any suggestins for such kind of tool ?
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Presuming GhostBSD uses ZFS or UFS just like FreeBSD then you simply import the pool (watch out for name clashes!) or mount the UFS partition, then copy the data. Don't need a 'fancy' backup tool for that.
 
Hello,
you say that i should run a live cd with bsd system on that laptop and then "import" the hdd data ?
Please give an example of the commands. That would help.

On the new laptop i will install all best UNIX operating systems.
1. FreeBSD
2. GhostBSD
3. OpenIndiana System V
Have all the best Champions in one.
 
I don't have any installation medium atm to try it, but I think this should be sufficient:
Start a USB FreeBSD install stick, skip the setup and start live shell instead. The first menu, I believe. Then find the disk you want to mount in /dev. Use gpart show <device> to view partitions and filesystems on drives to identify it. Once mounted, you can find what you need and cp or scp it to a different location.

Not sure how far this live system allows temporary installation of packages for direct use, but midnight commander would be nice for copying large amounts of data. Maybe pkg install mc works if you're online. Use F5 to copy from 1 panel to the other. The options explain themselves. Ignore the screen getting garbled by too long filenames or kernel messages on tty #0.
 
ok i got :

root@:/dev # gpart show ada0
40 234441568 ada0 GPT (112G)
40 512 1 freebsd-boot (256k)
552 229195776 2 freebsd-zfs (109G)
229196328 5234688 3 freebsd-swap (2.5G)
234431016 10592 - free - (5,2M)
 
senenmut said:
Hello,
you say that i should run a live cd with bsd system on that laptop and then "import" the hdd data ?
Please give an example of the commands. That would help.

On the new laptop i will install all best UNIX operating systems.
1. FreeBSD
2. GhostBSD
3. OpenIndiana System V
Have all the best Champions in one.
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Personally, I would first install Ventoy on a new hard disk as a general purpose boot loader and installer, preserving a large amount of free space to create as many partitions as you want.

I don't anything about OpenIndiana, but would give it a try
 
FreeBSD handbook. From memory, chapter 22 is about ZFS. In your particular case, you will probably use zpool commands to locate the pool and its name, then zpool import to import it, then zfs mount.
 
balanga said:
Personally, I would first install Ventoy on a new hard disk as a general purpose boot loader and installer, preserving a large amount of free space to create as many partitions as you want.
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I would definitely NOT do that, and instead keep it simple. As simple as possible. Gpart is all you need. The purpose here is to get one or more working systems; not creating a maximally complex toy for amusement.
 
hi,
i just first booted openIndiana Hipster UNIX Live CD and try to take that onboard partition tool gparted. need sudo password for that. can read only in graphical mode all HDD include zfs. that could be an option first. have posted a request in unix.com
 
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