Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: > Guillaume Rousse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > >>I just saved someone with a broken win200, but i had to use tomsrbt rescue >>disk as mdk rescue mode doesn't include ntfs module. I know space is somewhat >>limited, but this little module would be quite handy for such situations. > > > hmm, I didn't think right at first place. > > i don't think we should include modules in our rescue to save > full-windows systems such as a broken win2000 (if i understand > right the situation). >
So if a dual-boot machine goes south, the Mandrake rescue will allow you to get data off your linux partitions, but if you had anything on win2k/winxp, you're screwed (unless you use a *real* rescue system like Knoppix ;-)). NTFS is smaller than ext3 (even when not counting jbd): [bgmilne:/home/users/bgmilne]# lsmod |grep ntfs ntfs 49152 1 (autoclean) [bgmilne:/home/users/bgmilne]# lsmod |grep ext3 ext3 59724 3 jbd 38452 3 [ext3] Cause then (Pixel?), maybe diskdrake will be able to mount ntfs partitions: [bgmilne:/home/users/bgmilne]# grep ntfs /etc/fstab /dev/hda1 /mnt/win2k ntfs ro,noauto,uid=501,gid=501,umask=0227 0 0 /dev/hda5 /mnt/win_d ntfs ro,noauto,uid=501,gid=501,umask=0227 0 0 [bgmilne:/home/users/bgmilne]# diskdrake (in diskdrake, click on /dev/hda1 and then the mount button): mount: special device hda1 does not exist [bgmilne:/home/users/bgmilne]# mount /mnt/win2k [bgmilne:/home/users/bgmilne]# df |grep win2k /dev/hda1 5237156 1428068 3809088 28% /mnt/win2k [bgmilne:/home/users/bgmilne]# mount |grep win2k /dev/hda1 on /mnt/win2k type ntfs (ro,uid=501,gid=501,umask=0227) [bgmilne:/home/users/bgmilne]# [bgmilne:/home/users/bgmilne]# rpm -q drakxtools drakconf drakxtools-1.1.9-20mdk drakconf-9.0-0.13mdk Can this be fixed, so that winxp on ntfs losers can be easily told how to import fonts without needing to hit the console (ie, from within MCC?). Buchan -- |----------------Registered Linux User #182071-----------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x121 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7
