Brian Cluff last wrote (in part): > If boot disks or other hard drives are working, you could try booting > into one of those and then mounting your root file system ...
Each time I have tried starting the system, it would get as far as the Mint GUI login screen, but then when I logged in, it all crashed. So, this last time, instead of logging in, I did CTL+ALT+F2 to switch to a non-GUI screen and from there I am able to get to the command line; and as far as I can tell all of my home directories and files are still intact. So, I tried to rsync those files to my two laptops, but it seems I do not have an Internet connection from this computer. This at risk computer is ethernet-wire connected to my router. How can I establish an Internet connection from the command line? If I could do that, then I could rsync/copy my most recent work onto my two laptops and avoid losing any data. ------------------ > ... chrooting to > the mount and then reloading everything that is complaining on boot. > I usually find I have to do the following mounts to get packages to > install correctly in a chroot environment. > > mount /dev/sda1 /mnt > mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc > mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev > mount --bind /sys /mnt/sys > > cd /mnt > chroot . > > Of course you will need to mount any extra partitions you might have > your drive sliced into. The above assumes everything is on one big > partition. > > If your hard drive is dying, this won't do you any good, or at best, > will just buy you a little time before a catastrophic failure takes > everything with it. --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
