>> What does >> $ df /altroot >> tell you, in particular, which mount point is it reporting? >> "Mounted on /" or "Mounted on /altroot"?
> df /altroot shows: "Mounted on /" > (df -h doesn't show /altroot.) Thus, /altroot is currently not mounted. > So i cannot browse the content of /altroot, even though the backup > files are there? We are slowly drifting off-topic, this is no more OpenBSD-specific, instead this is basic knowledge of basic Unix features. No, you cannot access a file system that is not mounted. You need to mount it first, see mount(8) for details. In case you just want to have a look, consider mounting it read-only. And don't forget to umount(8) it afterwards, or the next nightly dd(1) won't do what you expect.
