On Mon, Dec 18, 2000 at 11:10:59AM +0100, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > I've recovered most of my important stuff, but not the xlog of > > course, and I'm a little gunshy of trying it again. Do you > > Sync a few times before starting X, ummount any non essential filesystems, > and log the X output to a serial device. Serial console support might be a > good idea as well, just to capture kernel panic messages that might occur.
It's an opportunity to learn anyway... I think I probably wouldn't have gotten to syncing for a while yet if I hadn't messed up with X. And I guess I'm no longer a lurker on this list.. :) Anyhow, I understand you've written a kernel patch that might solve the problem? I haven't been able to find it. Mark -- -- mark at outlook dot net ----------------------------------------------------------------- -- Outlook Technologies is in *no way* affiliated with Microsoft -- Corporation or their product Microsoft Outlook(r). -----------------------------------------------------------------
