On 25/01/07, john gibbons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

No luck, Tony. Just tells me there is no such file. I wonder if I may


You mean that "fsck" tells you this? If so then you gave it the wrong device
name.
What does "cd <the lost+found directory you mentioned>; df ." show?

--Amos

have accidentally reformatted it when I was using qtparted earlier,
losing my files in the process.

Thanks for the suggestion.

John.

Tony Sceats wrote:
> have you tried fsck'ing it?
>
> try inserting the drive, unmounting it (if it automounts) and then
> `fsck /dev/sdb1` or whatever the device/partition is, (which should
> show up in `dmesg`  after inserting it)
>
> depending upon the type of file system, your milage may vary
>
> On 1/20/07, *john gibbons* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote:
>
>     I have a flash drive that will no longer open and shows only a
>     'Lost +
>     found' file response. I tried opening it as root via the GUI but
>     it says
>     it is empty. Have I lost all my files or is there some way around
>     this?
>     Any help appreciated even if it is bad news.
>
>     John.
>
>
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