Solved Unable to access partition

[balanga]

I'm trying to access a partition which gpart show identifies as linux-data

101603328 51744768 3 linux-data (25G)

Trying to mount it using mount -t ext2fs /dev/ada0p3 /mnt/tmp results in:-

mount: /dev/ada0p3: Operation not permitted

So, may be in a dirty state... fsck.ext2 -y /dev/ada0p3 results in:-

e2fsck 1.46.2 (28-Feb-2021)
fsck.ext2: Operation not permitted while trying to open /dev/ada0p3
You must have r/w access to the filesystem or be root

At this point I can't be sure what is on this partition or even if it is formatted....
file -s /dev/ada0p3 results in:-

/dev/ada0p3: DOS/MBR boot sector

What to do?

Just found out it is already mounted using a gpt label so not obvious from the list of mounts...

(Goes and hides in a corner hoping no one will read this )

 

[cmoerz]

Yeah, I think we've all been there. My original bet would have been on a heightened securelevel in /etc/rc.conf but that one's certainly a classic.