Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]: Powering off Windows XP, crashing NTFS with a Live CD.

2011-07-05 Thread Mick
On Monday 04 Jul 2011 17:15:55 Joshua Murphy wrote: On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday 04 Jul 2011 15:48:06 Joshua Murphy wrote: On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 9:15 AM, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Mon, 4 Jul 2011 12:12:03 +, Alan

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]: Powering off Windows XP, crashing NTFS with a Live CD.

2011-07-04 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hi, Mick. On Sun, Jul 03, 2011 at 01:17:33PM +0100, Mick wrote: On Sunday 03 Jul 2011 11:31:14 Alan Mackenzie wrote: Hi, Gentoo. There's been a cock and bull story on comp.os.linux.setup and I'm wondering about some of the details. Mainly, I'd like some education, please! The story,

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]: Powering off Windows XP, crashing NTFS with a Live CD.

2011-07-04 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Mon, 4 Jul 2011 12:12:03 +, Alan Mackenzie wrote: o - Do live CDs actually mount filesystems on HDDs? Only when you ask them to. I'm stupid. Of _course_ a live CD can't mount HDD filesystems at boot. To do this it would need /etc/fstab, for which it would need to be told

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]: Powering off Windows XP, crashing NTFS with a Live CD.

2011-07-04 Thread Joshua Murphy
On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 9:15 AM, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Mon, 4 Jul 2011 12:12:03 +, Alan Mackenzie wrote: o - Do live CDs actually mount filesystems on HDDs? Only when you ask them to. I'm stupid.  Of _course_ a live CD can't mount HDD filesystems at boot. To do

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]: Powering off Windows XP, crashing NTFS with a Live CD.

2011-07-04 Thread Mick
On Monday 04 Jul 2011 15:48:06 Joshua Murphy wrote: On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 9:15 AM, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Mon, 4 Jul 2011 12:12:03 +, Alan Mackenzie wrote: o - Do live CDs actually mount filesystems on HDDs? Only when you ask them to. I'm stupid. Of

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]: Powering off Windows XP, crashing NTFS with a Live CD.

2011-07-04 Thread Joshua Murphy
On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 12:00 PM, Mick michaelkintz...@gmail.com wrote: On Monday 04 Jul 2011 15:48:06 Joshua Murphy wrote: On Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 9:15 AM, Neil Bothwick n...@digimed.co.uk wrote: On Mon, 4 Jul 2011 12:12:03 +, Alan Mackenzie wrote: o - Do live CDs actually mount

[gentoo-user] [OT]: Powering off Windows XP, crashing NTFS with a Live CD.

2011-07-03 Thread Alan Mackenzie
Hi, Gentoo. There's been a cock and bull story on comp.os.linux.setup and I'm wondering about some of the details. Mainly, I'd like some education, please! The story, in essence: (i) Windows XP is running, with a normal NTFS filesystem(s). (ii) Power off without a proper shutdown. (iii) Start

Re: [gentoo-user] [OT]: Powering off Windows XP, crashing NTFS with a Live CD.

2011-07-03 Thread Mick
On Sunday 03 Jul 2011 11:31:14 Alan Mackenzie wrote: Hi, Gentoo. There's been a cock and bull story on comp.os.linux.setup and I'm wondering about some of the details. Mainly, I'd like some education, please! The story, in essence: (i) Windows XP is running, with a normal NTFS