hi
But at least I must have either the old data or the data that
overwrote it. But I have neither.And the partition table is intact. So why
only the root partition went for a toss. Why didn't it write to the FAT
partitions that were mounted at the same time and which could quite easily
accomodate my / partition. Why did it get "formatted"? Is this a bug?
As for having a backup, backup of what --the entire hard disk or
the /home and on what a CD(s) or another partition??
Also I have decided to have 2 linuces -one for hacking and one for
working....in principle, at least. Howzzat??
cheers
cheedu
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On Tue, 21 Mar 2000, Suresh Ramasubramanian wrote:
> Sridhar saw fit to inform LI that:
>
> > In short, I was trying to crash the system but... alas I
> >succeeded.
>
> Tell you what - next time you do R&D - do a backup first - hacking is like
> sex - without precautions, you can take your pick between AIDS and data
> loss :)
>
> >I don't have any linux partitions other than swap ,/boot,/. My FAT
> >partitions are safe . Is it possible to do it from *windoze*.
>
> Your partition table is intact you said? Looks like you have gone and
> overwritten all your data ... I doubt if you can recover it.
>
> >It is impossible to do anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious
>
> ... a moral? :)
>
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