Fergus Wilde wrote: > 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 > >
Thanks for the advice. Usually the USB drives I see are FAT, so I didn't even think of it as having more than one partition. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
