> Quoting Matthew Dalton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > M David Tilson wrote: > > > > You didn't do 'cp foo /dev/hda1', did you? > > > > > > > Probably yes. Is there any way to recover? > > > > Have you tried running fsck.msdos under Linux? > > Not yet. First, I had to reinstall linux. Got potato up, but having > xwoes etc etc. Found fsck in /sbin; but my versions do not include > fsck.msdos. fsck reports that /mnt/hda1 has been corrupted.... > > Incidentally, how do you search debian cdrom for fsck.msdos. Locate > doesn't seem to work. I find the debs, but they are all organized in > packages (like communications, etc), and I don't know where to look. >
[13:44:40 /tmp]$ dpkg -S fsck.msdos dosfstools: /sbin/fsck.msdos dosfstools: /usr/share/man/man8/fsck.msdos.8.gz [13:46:14 /tmp]$ Then you need the dosfstools package. But where on the CD is it? [13:56:26 /tmp]$ grep dosfstools /var/lib/dpkg/available Package: dosfstools Filename: dists/woody/main/binary-i386/otherosfs/dosfstools_2.6-1.deb [13:57:25 /tmp]$ > THanks, > > dave > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- Shaul Karl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>