** Reply to message from Felix Miata <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:50:48 -0400
> On 2007/11/01 23:06 (GMT+0200) Stan Goodman apparently typed: > > > In the interest of saving time, which is at a premium right now, if I can > > retrieve a few things that are not backed up, I think it might be best to > > just > > reinstall v10..3 from scratch. I have a Ubuntu v6.06LTS disk, and as I > > understand it I can boot with it, and gain access to the /home directory > > where > > those small things reside. Or I could do the same with a Rescue boot from > > the > > 10.3 DVD. Can I impose on you, or Joe, or anybody else, to let me run past > > you > > the actions I need to do to accomplish the retrieval of these files? > > > Joe Morris gave me some hints about using Rescue for a different purpose: > > >>> mount the root partition of the drive, i.e. mount /dev/md0 /mnt > >>> (Not sure if these are still needed in 10.3 or not) > >>> mount -o bind /proc /mnt/proc > >>> mount -o bind /dev /mnt/dev > >>> mount -o bind /sys /mnt/sys > >>> cd mnt > >>> chroot /mnt > > > That was for using YaST. Which of the above "mount" lines are necessary for > > the > > different purpose I have now? > > /dev/md0 above does not apply to you. That's his root, corresponding to your > /dev/sda6. mnt is an arbitrary mount point. You may choose anything you like, > but if what you choose as a mount point doesn't already exist, you must first > create it with mkdir. Otherwise, that's a special series of commands > prerequisite to an attempt to reinstall Grub or otherwise succeed at a > complex rescue boot. For simply retrieving a few files most are not > necessary. You might need to run them all if you want to run mc for managing > the files you want to retrieve. I suspect the rescue media may not have mc. > > > Now I want to access the /home directory and also a JFS partition that I use > > for transfer between SuSE and OS/2. In normal SuSE operation, that partition > > is, "/mnt/transfer", so I would add the line "mount -o bind /mnt > > /mnt/transfer". Have I generalized correctly from Joe's notes? > > I didn't know it was possible to access OS/2 JFS partitions from a Linux > boot, so can't help with that approach. However, there's nothing to stop you > from using some of that abundance of freespace for a temporary partition that > either could access, either FAT32 or HPFS or ext3. From SUSE you can read and > write to HPFS, and I think this is also possible from Ubuntu. > > Once booted to Linux, whether SUSE rescue or Ubuntu live, you need to mount > the partition that has /home on it, and also mount the partition onto which > you wish to transfer files from /home. > > To make it easiest, try doing it this way once you have completed a root > login, but before doing anything else after finishing a Linux boot: > > mkdir /source #location to mount source partition > mount -t xfs /dev/sda6 /source #mount it > mkdir /target #location to mount target partition > mount -t hpfs -o rw /dev/sda8 /target #or whatever type and temporary > location if you chose to make one first > cp -a /source/home/<loginname>/<sourcefiles> /target #puts files you want > into the root directory on LVM C: partition > > Everything after eash # above is commentary, not to be typed. > > If you don't know exactly where the files you want are located under > /source/home/<loginname>, remember that 'ls -l | less' acts pretty much like > 'dir /p' in OS/2 but with PgUp/PgDn available to facilitate long list > examination. > > Copying the source files would be easier from a true SUSE rescue (running > from /dev/sda6) because you could run Midnight Commander (mc, works very much > like FC/2, Larsen Commander and other OFMs available on OS/2). MC isn't on > any Ubuntu CD. > > If you want to first (before a Linux boot) create a special partition for the > temporary transfer, use DFSee to make whatever type, size and location (I'd > put it at end of current freespace). Easiest is probably FAT32, since DFSee9 > can also format it. Otherwise you'd have to boot whichever OS it is native to > and create a filesystem on it (FORMAT in OS/2, mkfs* in Linux). Many thanks. It's past midnight here, and I am getting bleary, so I may have to ask other questions tomorrow. But I get the drift, and will try to do the retrieval tomorrow (the last day I will have to do anything in this direction). Then I will reinstall from scratch after my return from abroad. As for JFS, apparently the IBM version is compatible with that of Linux, because I have been accessing this partition quite happily from SuSE since July, which was a pleasant surprise. >From what I grasp through my descending eyelids, it seems more promising to go with Rescue than with Live Ubuntu. Did you receive the message I sent you to your address, about Wankel engines? -- Stan Goodman Qiryat Tiv'on Israel >From REAL answers on children's science examinations (#1): Q: Name the four seasons. A: Salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
