> my bet is that the original /home is still there, but on > (say) /hdc6 while a new /home got built and set to mount on > say /hda6 when /hdc6 was not found at boot time, for what > ever reason (loose power cable?) all the files are still > there, just not mounted in the correct spot. > copying the files to external media will work just fine as > long as the user doing the copying (writing to the hard > drive) is the same user you want to be able to access the files.
How do I find and/or mount this? > As this is the newbie list, and as Joe Hill is about as > likely as a raindrop to tell you about 'fish', as it is a > 'kde' box to 'kde' box gui for ssh, when used in a konqurer. > (heck he may not even have ever used it, as much as he > like/loves KDE desktops), you need to know the IP# of the > computer you wish to connect, but for me, with both computers > running a KDE desktop, if I type > "fish://[EMAIL PROTECTED]/var/www/puke" I am asked for > root's password to connect to on the box 192.168.0.100, and > after I supply the password, I am connected to /var/www/puke, > which since I am root, I can write to or read from. any files > or folders I copy over will be owned by root. > you can use any user and/or spot on the mounted file systems > that user would normally be allowed access to. Didn't get much of that ;-) /Ralph ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
