-----Messaggio originale----- Da: Jonathan Brugge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> A: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Data: mercoledì 7 marzo 2001 13.23 Oggetto: Re: Major system crash 2.2.14 HELP!!! >Ok...I'm not an expert on this, but maybe you can make something of this. > [snip] > >Jonathan Brugge > Thanks for your help Jon. I only just finished backing up /home and /root to a few tarchives on the Dark Side of my machine. Yes, you are right, my directories were on several different partitions. /home was on /dev/md0, a disk-striping software raid. For some reason that totally escapes my intellectual powers, /dev/md0 ( containing /home and god knows what else... I forgot long ago) and /dev/md1 (swap device) , entirely disappeared from the /dev/ directory. Yet, for a mystical and transcendental manifestation the Light Side of Informatics, when I typed "mount /home" all the files that were contained in that directory reappeared. I quickly mounted the Dark Side partition and copied them there. Now, all I have to do is verify the integrity of the backups, raze the Light Side and reinstall it from from the CD. I'll then have to reinstall and rebuild a few things (gcc, kernel, x ...) and then hopefully all will be well... Greetings and thanks to all list members who have patiently born this thread without flaming me. I greatly appreciated everybody's help and indulgence. Alex - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/