fdisk -l came up with nothing? not even "command not found"? what does your prompt look like? Is it a $ or # ?
after the meego password, what does the "mount" command show? please post your results back to the Jaxlug list as well. perhaps there are others with more experience with the meego than me. ( I had to google it to find out what you were talking about). Rob. On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 3:33 PM, Stamati Anagnostou <[email protected]> wrote: > I typed fdisk -l in the terminal and it came up with nothing. I typed mount > and it shows > /dev/root on / type ext3 (rw, noatime) > proc on /proc type proc (rw) > sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw) > devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw, gid=5, mode=620) > tmpfs on /var/lock type tmpfs (rw, size=4m) > tmpfs on /var/run type tmpfs (rw, size=4m) > tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) > none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw) > > And no, I didn't enter meego as the password, but I'll go ahead and try that > now. > > > On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 3:22 PM, robert mckennon <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> see if you can (from the command-line): >> >> fdisk -l (that's a lower case L) and let us know the results >> >> That command prints out the filesytem types that it finds on your system. >> >> Also run the "mount" command (this will show what filesystems are >> currently mounted) >> >> >> Rob. >> >> On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Stamati Anagnostou >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Okay I took the two seconds to figure out what a Live CD is and yes >> > Meego >> > booted from it. Although it gave me a message that says, Unable to >> > mount >> > netbook-ia32-x86_64-201105180936, /dev/sdb1 already mounted or >> > /media/netbook etc. busy. >> > >> > Nonetheless, I can use Meego but can't access my drives. As I try to >> > mount >> > certain filesystems I enter my password and it doesn't accept it. Why >> > do >> > you think this is? >> > >> > Thanks again for your help, Robert. It helps me feel a bit less >> > helpless. >> > >> > Cheers! >> > >> > >> > On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 2:05 PM, robert mckennon <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> um.. yes, there are many distros out there that can be installed on a >> >> thumb drive. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 8:47 PM, Stamati Anagnostou >> >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Can a live CD be on a USB? I don't have a CD drive. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 7:51 PM, [email protected] >> >> > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> Can you boot from a live CD? >> >> >> >> >> >> Sent via DroidX2 on Verizon Wireless™ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original message----- >> >> >> >> >> >> From: Stamati Anagnostou <[email protected]> >> >> >> To: [email protected] >> >> >> Sent: Thu, Dec 1, 2011 22:25:00 GMT+00:00 >> >> >> Subject: Meego won't boot and I'm baffled >> >> >> >> >> >> Hey Rob, just joined this list because of a serious problem I'm >> >> >> having. >> >> >> >> >> >> I have Meego on an Acer Aspire One ZG-5 and I can't boot. It gets to >> >> >> this >> >> >> command "[<c1002dc>] sysenter_do_call+0x12/0x3c" and then to this >> >> >> command >> >> >> "[<c1002f3a>] kernel_thread_helper+0x6/0x10" and then just cycles >> >> >> between >> >> >> them with a whole lot of other stuff in between. >> >> >> >> >> >> The thing I'm thinking may have caused this is that I had the boot >> >> >> order >> >> >> on USB first, then the HDD, and I put my USB, which was empty, in >> >> >> before it >> >> >> had the chance to boot, then I pulled it out. Now, even without the >> >> >> USB >> >> >> in, >> >> >> it won't boot. I have NO clue what to do and I've got a ton of >> >> >> important >> >> >> stuff on here that isn't backed up. I tried booting from a USB with >> >> >> a >> >> >> Meego >> >> >> image on it (I think- I just downloaded Meego and copied it to the >> >> >> USB). Any >> >> >> help would be appreciated. >> >> >> >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> >> >> >> >> Stamati >> >> > >> >> > >> > >> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 RSS Feed http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml Unsubscribe [email protected]
