On Monday 30 April 2007 02:54, Pueblo Native wrote: > Here's a problem one of my friends sent me, his words. > > i had a fedora 2 box crap out so i took the HD out and put it in a USB > enclosure to plug into another fedora 2 box. > > i mounted the drive but the only options i see when i LS it is: > config-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl > grub > initrd-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl > kernal.h > lost+found > System.map-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl > vmlinux-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl > vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl
I think he has in fact mounted only one partition on the drive, probably whichever one he mounted as /boot. If the USB mounted damaged disk were to be /dev/sd1, for example, he should have a go at mount and listing /dev/sd1b, /dev/sd1c, etc., until he finds the one with his data or other vital matter on it. If it were me, I'd then copy the data safely off, check to make good and sure that I'd *really* got all the vital data off, and then start again with a fresh install on that 'crapped out' disk. That's if I had reason to believe the crapping out to be software rather than hardware related. If the disk is knackered then he would be throwing good time after bad by doing anything other than discarding it. HTH Fergus -- Fergus Wilde Chetham's Library Long Millgate Manchester M3 1SB Tel: 0161 834 7961 Fax: 0161 839 5797 http://www.chethams.org.uk -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
