On Monday 30 April 2007 12:53, Pueblo Native wrote: > 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.,
Sorry, of course I meant to type "/dev/sda1, /dev/sda2" etc., not sd1a ... but the principle is the same, hope it works out, Best Fergus > > 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. -- 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]
