Restoral is so close yet so far

In SQL Manager I attached to the config and content databases just fine; no errors. I reinstalled WSS 2 and pointed to the original config database. After a few errors (app pool security stuff) it seems to be OK; setup finished and took me to the central admin webpage. Here's where it gets weird.

When I setup a new site (e.g.,http://mainsite/subsite) I extend the server and point to the content database. Again, a few errors but I cleared these up and the install/setup finished. The problem is that none of the content is visible. It's just a default WSS site.

So the question is this: what am I doing wrong that I can seemingly access the content database but not actually see any of the data?

[1522 byte] By [JoeRitson] at [2008-2-17]