-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 gonfer gas wrote: | I've had trouble with the upgrade to mdk 9.0 beta 4, | so lilo doesn't work. I need to backup my files from | the /home, but the only way that i have access to them | is using the rescue from the cd1. I need to know how | can i mount the windows partition, because i tried to | but it makes like a "virtual Mount", that is, i see | the files from /home, but not the ones from | /mnt/windows. If i try to copy files to /mnt/windows, | it copies to my linux partition. It like they never | leave linux. | hope you can help me, | greet. | Gonzalo Avaria | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
First off, are you running FAT32 or NTFS for your Windows Partition? If NTFS, I strongly suggest you don't continue further on this course. In the 2.4 series kernel, the NTFS write support was so bad that it's actually been completely rewritten for 2.5/2.6 series kernel development. On the 2.4's NTFS write capability, you will ALWAYS cause damage to the filesystem, sometimes critical damage. Assuming you actually are running FAT32, I suggest you create a tar archive of your home directory (remember, FAT32 and NTFS don't properly preserve permissions) and then copy it over. Use a tool like fdisk (linux version - or partition magic) to find which partition is your home directory and then mount it (easiest way is probably going to rescue, mounting your drives, then going to console, then "chroot /mnt" then editing your fstab. At the same time, you should try fixing your lilo.conf and then running /sbin/lilo and you will probably be all set to boot again. I do a lot of work involving lilo and kernel configuration lately, so I've been through this a few dozen times. Once you are to the stage above with the chroot, most all the console utilities on your hard drive should work so you can fix up the system. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAj12sckACgkQUMkt1ZRwL1MVAQCfWPyfhdTkDy0hZgrnbXR0vArH QQoAoKDCFMTYfQuAGNvCAAPd1P3kQbdu =IzkW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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