mount them and see whats there? also, what order did you mount them in? it may make a difference
On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 2:48 PM, James <[email protected]> wrote: > Well I have a gentoo system I'm trying to recover. > I've got it booted up via systemrescue. > > I do not have a copy of the fstab, so what is the best > way to discover which partitions are /boot / and so on? > > (brain dead tonight).... > > > I guesses but the / is blank? > > df <snip> > /dev/sda2 61438696 51276944 10161752 84% /mnt/gentoo/boot > /dev/sda3 61438696 51276944 10161752 84% /mnt/gentoo > > > /mnt/gentoo/boot is populated (mounted correctly) but the /dev/sda3 > which I'm guessing is / is empty ? > > Been a while since I had to recover a system so referals to good > docs are most welcome.... > > No to mention an automount capability with systemrescue? > > James > > > > > >

