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. > > > > > > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: > http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > <http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html> > > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
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