On Monday 01 Jul 2002 2:49 pm, vangala sarma wrote: > Hi all, > > Thanks for the prompt reply. But nothing seems to work. I tried the changes > told to me but in vain. I checked if I was in init 3 , tried removing the > lock file, renaming the xauthority file and I even tried something given > on the web > > depmod -a > > at the root. > > But nothing seems to work. Please help me, I am in desperate stage now. Do > I have to reinstall, because, I am in no state now to lose all my past data > ....... > > Thanks, > > Sarma >
Sarma Your problems began when you did a hard power down after your system locked during shutdown. Right? In that case you may have a filesystem corruption. If you boot from your boot floppy (You did make one didn't you?) you can then repair any file system corruption as described here http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/doc/81/en/ref.html/ts-boot-freezes.html#AEN4642 (I assume you are using ext2. If you are using another filesystem then there are other tools) If your files cannot be recovered then all is not lost. You can recover your system by going through the install procedure from CD, but DO NOT format your partitions, and do not select any packages for installation. Linux will then be reinstalled but your data will be intact. HTH derek
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