k.....
Now I'm really scared.
I did fdisk and got (dev, boot, start, end, blocks, ID, System):
/dev/hda1 * 1 915 922288+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 916 973 58464 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 916 973 58432+ 82 Linux Swap
then after several tries I discovered
fdisk /dev/hdb
and got:
/dev/hdb1 * 2 2484 1251904+ 83 Linux
Then I got the idea to do:
df /dev/hdb (remember I'm a newbie, didn't know how to check hdb):
and got (Filesystem, 1k-blocks, used, available, use %, and "Mounted on"):
/dev/hdb 907752 778212 83428 90%
there was no entry under "Mounted on". So does this mean there is a chance that I
may have files on this disk that weren't erased???
So should I change the mount point on this to /home to avoid future problems?? I
didn't think that /usr actually contained user files. Or were you stating "user" as
in "general user"?
Thanks again.
Ray Olszewski wrote:
> At 06:17 PM 1/30/00 -0700, John Starkey wrote:
> >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?
>
> Depends on how good a cook you are (or she is).
>
> Forget searching for files; that's hopeless, as you've described things.
> Your only chance is to find an intact filesystem. First, run "df" to see
> what partitions you have mounted. Then run "fdisk /dev/hda" and "fdisk
> /dev/hdb" (and others, if you have more than 2 hard disks) and, for each, to
> a "p" to see what partitions you have that might be unmounted. Be sure to
> quit without writing.
>
> If there are unmounted partitions, mount them and see if you get lucky.
>
> ------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"---
> Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo
> Palo Alto, CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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