Thanks for the reply Ray.
So how can I do a search for the files. I searched for /home/Melanie and
nothing turned up.
Oh boy she's gonna kill me. She's really gonna kill me. Should I wait til after
I'm done with dinner??? Is it better to die of Linux carelessness before or
after dinner?
Errrr......
John
Ray Olszewski wrote:
> At 04:26 PM 1/30/00 -0700, John Starkey wrote:
> >ok.... now I'm really in trouble.
>
> Believe it. See below ....
>
> >
> >I wanted to install Gnome so I can use StarOffice. So I did a custom
> >install (RH6.1) and now I've lost the backup I did of her info when I
> >switched her HP from Windows 98 to Linux. I saved her backup to a
> >separate folder in /home (on my box) just before I reformatted her
> >drive.
>
> Do I follow all of this right? (I think I recall your earlier postings, but
> I wouldn't bet money on the accoracy of my recollections.) You have two
> computers. Yours is Linux. Hers was WinXX, and you converted it to Linux.
> The lost files are content files (documents and such; not programs) of hers
> that you backed up from her Windows host but didn't return to her system
> after you turned in into a Linux host. Am I with you so far?
>
> >I guess this also is a good place to ask what mounting points are when
> >partitioning a drive. I had hdb0 set up to mount at /usr. hda mounts at
> >/.
>
> This is a bit muddled. There is no such thing as hdb0 --
> uncharacteristically for things created by conputer geeks, drive partition
> numbers start at 1. So you might have an hdb1, hdb2, hdb3, etc., but not an
> hdb0. Similarly, drive designations without a number identify a drive, not a
> prttition, so hda can't mount anywhere, since it isn't a prtition.
>
> Unlike DOS and Windows, drive partitions don't have distinct designators in
> Unix/Linux. Instead, they (or their /dev entries) get mounted on vacant
> directories. You can pick any mount point you want (as long as it is an
> existing directory - it is convenient if it is also empty). Often, one puts
> /usr on a separate partition (Red Hat defaults that way, I think), and it
> can be convenient to put other directories on separate filesystems as well.
>
> >Is there any hope for recovering her stuff??? My future lies in your
> >hands.
>
> With that said ... whether there is any hope for you probably depends on
> your drive partitioning. IF /user was a separate partition, AND you didn't
> reformat it in the custom install, then it is on your system somewhere. If
> it was part of the main partition and RH installed a new filesystem where it
> used to be, the material is gone, barring the level of recovery
> sophistication we can imagine is available to the NSA.
>
> My best guess is that you're out of luck.
>
> >I am too used to Windows and Mac, I could have made a backup to
> >another machine but I was thinking that the only things that would be
> >changed are the kernel an it's associated files.
>
> This would be true (at least if you define "associated files" loosely
> enough) if you had done an **upgrade**, but not an **install**. Most Linux
> distributions make a distinction. (In fact, I think the distinction holds on
> Windows and Macs too.)
>
> >I've lost all my stuff
> >(in /user/home/mine) but somehow I don't think that will matter when I
> >tell her what happened to hers.
>
> No comment.
>
> ------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"---
> Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo
> Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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