hi. i newly joined the list. so i dunno what exactly is going on(and i'm too lazy to refer the archives ;-). If all u want to do is access u're ext2fs partitions from 'duhz, there IS a program which uses a 16-bit DLL to hack thru the 32-bit disk locking that doze provides. It has slow but STABLE read access. I wuldn't be that sure about the write access tho. its called explore2fs. I use it,but i dont remember the URL. A search in excite should bring it up tho.. Nikhil. --- Sridhar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > i was not trying to see the contents of the hard > disk . I was > "hacking" and seeing what happens when i execute a > series of commands and > if linux was secure. > In short, I was trying to crash the system but... > alas I > succeeded. > I don't have any linux partitions other than swap > ,/boot,/. My FAT > partitions are safe . Is it possible to do it from > *windoze*. My data was > in my home directory so that's gone. > > thanx anyway for your reply > > bye > cheedu > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > website: www.geocities.com/sri_dhar_n > > > > It is impossible to do anything foolproof because > fools are so ingenious > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > On Sat, 18 Mar 2000, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote: > > > Sridhar saw fit to inform LI that: > > > > Phew ...... > > > > >$mail root < /sbin/dump /dev/hda9 > > > ...or something like that > > > /* hda9 is my / partition of 2.5 GB */ > > > > In effect, you catted all the contents of your > hard disk and mailed root > > with it? Extremely efficient way to crash a > system, I must say. > > > > >Then I logged in as root and it said there was > mail for me > > >When I executed the command "mail" it gave all > kinds of nonsense about > > >errors about some inodes etc so I panicked and > gave > > > > You got what you asked for - a dump of your root > partition. You should > > have saved it to a file and used vi / pico to view > it rather than mail > > root with it. > > > > >#df > > >This said my / partition had 1.2 GB used but 0 MB > free!! > > > > I ~think~ df doesn't count space in your mailbox, > am not sure. > > > > > This is fairly long mail, but what's the > probz. Should I reinstall > > >or is there a way to get back the data, some of > which are very important? > > > > Considering you have multiple (/, /boot etc) > partitions (rather than a / > > and a swap partition) - I hope you also have a > /usr. Try upgrading and see > > what happens. > > > > In any case, if you had <note past tense pls> > anything on /dev/hda9 it's > > gone - as effectively as if you'd applied > amrutanjan for a > > headache. (poye poche, poyinde, choligaachi, it's > gone, gaayab ...) > > > > -- > > Suresh Ramasubramanian + President, CAUCE India + > www.india.cauce.org > > Stopping Spam In India + [EMAIL PROTECTED] + > Spammers are Losers > > -- > > In the future, you're going to get computers as > prizes in breakfast cereals. > > You'll throw them out because your house will be > littered with them. > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > LIH is all for free speech. But it was created for > a purpose - to help > people discuss issues about installing and running > Linux. If your > messages are counterproductive to this purpose, your > privileges to > submit messages can and will be revoked. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------- LIH is all for free speech. But it was created for a purpose - to help people discuss issues about installing and running Linux. If your messages are counterproductive to this purpose, your privileges to submit messages can and will be revoked.
