Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 7 Mar 2001 08:57:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 7 Mar 2001 08:57:44 -0500 Received: from [217.56.79.235] ([217.56.79.235]:63237 "EHLO romeo.apsystems.it") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 7 Mar 2001 08:57:38 -0500 Message-ID: <002001c0a70e$3c296360$396dc6d4@alex.cybercable.fr> From: "Alex Baretta" To: "Linux Kernel Mailing List" Subject: R: Major system crash 2.2.14 HELP!!! Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 14:54:57 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org -----Messaggio originale----- Da: Jonathan Brugge A: alex@baretta.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Data: mercoled? 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 majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/