I had a similar problem a while back after a crash. I booted up in recovery
mode using the FC5 install disc, manually mounted the drive in question and
found that most of my /etc folder was gone. the whole /etc/init.d folder
was gone too, which prevented proper startup
and mounting.
Thanks for the reply.
I tried to mount the disk in another linux distro, but i got the error
that the allready was existing a mount called /boot, / ...
Ole
I had a similar problem a while back after a crash. I booted up in
recovery
mode using the FC5 install disc, manually mounted the drive
be able to browse the
disc accordingly.
Pretty sure that will work.
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Thanks for the reply
boot with other distro (any live cd is the best tool for this job);
make a directory to mount from hd, ex.: mkdir /mnt/part_root
mount the root partition from your HD, mount (-t ext3) /dev/hdaX /mnt/part_root
go to /mnt/part_root and search what happened
On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 14:24:42 +0200
I get this when doing fdisk
I did get mount the /boot but it just the boot grub and image files.
I really need the data, part of it anyway
*
fdisk /dev/hda
You will not be able to write the partition table.
Device contains neither a valid DOS partition table, nor Sun
Sounds like your /boot and / are on different partitions.
Booting from a Fedora installation CD is your best bet. Enter 'linux
recover' (or something like that, there's an F funtion that will tell you
what exactly to enter) to enter recovery mode, which will attempt to locate
and mount all your
Thats true
3 partitions on the same hdd, maxtor 120gb:
/boot
/
swap
I have been more successful with Stellar Phoenix Linux software, but
still got problems to actual keep the program from crashing all the time.
I have check the hdd , and it is in state ok by smart info.
Ole
Eric Shubes
