partitions
Mark Robson
markrobson at yahoo.com
Tue Sep 16 14:54:46 EDT 2003
Well, it will be there, then. Even if I get this
solved meantime (LOL). I guess you'll have monitors
to use, so I'll need to bring the kbd/mouse and box?
Meantime, I seem to have lied when I said I could see
both partitions on the 80gb drive. When I go:
mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/win
I can get a view of the c: drive where my o/s is
installed, and the source for the files I want to
rescue. I 'thought' I could just modify that to :
mount -t vfat /dev/hda2 /mnt/winD
to make the same view true for my D: partition on that
same drive. I have already created /mnt/winD.
Instead, I get this complaint:
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on
/dev/hda2,
or too many mounted file systems
(aren't you trying to mount an extended
partition,
instead of some logical partition inside?)
I don't remember making hda2 NTFS, but is that likely
the problem? How would I determine that?
Is a 'bad superblock' as bad as it sounds? Can I
determine that (considering my newbie-ness)?
I am trying to mount an extended partition, not a
logical partition insde; maybe I just need a different
option?
I need to learn how to edit fstab to automate this
anyways, don't I. Another of the skills I haven't yet
picked up. I wish I had the time to take classes to
get this down. I'm the proverbial one who knows just
enough to get into trouble.
Mark
--- Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com> wrote:
> Anytime. You should try to make next weekends
> meeting (Sunday 1:00),
> maybe you could even bring the box and we could have
> at it?
> On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 17:21, Mark Robson wrote:
>
> > Ahh... the cure for all ills... I remember saying
> > exactly that. Couldn't understand the open source
> > world's disdain for MS. M$? Eyes wide shut,
> indeed.
> >
> > Will try your idea with a small twist - I can see
> both
> > part'ns on the 80gb drive (yes, FAT) and might
> just
> > move the C: into the D: as a directory and then
> > proceed as you describe. Just enough pain to make
> me
> > remember the lesson - those who do not learn to
> backup
> > are doomed to reinstall everything.
> >
> > Will be a day or two before I am able to get at
> this.
> > Looking forward to it.
> >
> > BTW, I'm determined to learn enough to show my
> > teenagers what they can do with Linux - Yahoo/GAIM
> > will help there, too.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
> > --- Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com> wrote:
> > > I do this all the time because alot of my
> clients
> > > decide that xp is a
> > > cure-all for there ills and just install it,
> only to
> > > find out that there
> > > is no support for ISA hardware, etc and one guy
> > > actually lost all
> > > functionality of his previous m$ office stuff
> > > because he had not
> > > activated it yet! This pissed him off so much,
> he
> > > wanted me to save all
> > > his data and put him back on win98. I usually
> back
> > > up everything and
> > > since you tell me that you can mount this xp
> side
> > > from Linux, I am going
> > > to assume that xp is on a fat partition (versus
> > > ntfs), so this should be
> > > easy. If you have room somewhere for this, make
> a
> > > zip or tar the xp
> > > side. Keep in mind that windows (at least 98)
> cannot
> > > see a file size
> > > larger than 4gb. Once backed up, you can redo
> your
> > > windows side to
> > > whatever and restore the data. Any data you had
> > > saved can be reused, if
> > > it is not environment dependent (needs to be in
> > > registry, etc) All you
> > > doc's, mp3's, whatever should be fine.
> > > In my dual boot scenario's, I backup the whole
> > > windows side to one file,
> > > keep in on the Linux side (don't have to worry
> about
> > > file size) and then
> > > use Gnome's file roller to extract the stuff, or
> > > show the clients how to
> > > extract files and then move them to the new
> windows
> > > side. Then when they
> > > are sure they have everything, they can delete
> the
> > > saved file.
> > > There would be alot of bumps in the road for a
> > > newbie to do this, feel
> > > free to keep asking questions.
> > >
> > > On Mon, 2003-09-15 at 09:24, Mark Robson wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have been having trouble with WinXP
> > > > (Ex-productivity?), and wish I'd learned to
> > > segregate
> > > > all those user-environment related files out
> > > before
> > > > the @#$($#@
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
driver-corruption/page-fault/IRQ_not_less_than/circus
> > > > started last month. Now I can't get past the
> > > > rebooting during load, cannot reinstall XP,
> cannot
> > > get
> > > > into safe mode. I've made a real mess of it,
> and
> > > want
> > > > to end the madness. Irony: I got into the
> mess
> > > > because I was adding CDRW so I could BACKUP MY
> > > FILES!
> > > > DOH!
> > > >
> > > > I have an idea to use Linux as my solution,
> and
> > > please
> > > > advise how this might go; I have a dual-boot
> > > > setup, with RH8 linux installed onto a second
> hard
> > > > drive. I'm able to boot into RH8 and mount
> the xp
> > > > partition. (RH8 server, with Samba, although
> I'm
> > > > totally an enduser, not admin.) Can I sort
> out
> > > the
> > > > important files (*.doc/xls/htm mostly) and put
> > > them
> > > > aside in the penguin partition, then format
> the xp
> > > > partition and install 98? I can see 'how' to
> do
> > > this,
> > > > but here's the point:
> > > >
> > > > Does transferring these files from xp to linux
> and
> > > > back to 98 cause any problems with the
> integrity
> > > of
> > > > the files themselves? As enduser, not admin,
> I'll
> > > use
> > > > a more gui (Gnome)than command line approach.
> > > Would
> > > > not open or operate on the files beyond moving
> > > them.
> > > >
> > > > Original idea, which I can't make happen on
> the
> > > > Win/Loser setup any more, was to move the XP
> > > partition
> > > > up and create a new partition to install 98
> onto.
> > > Was
> > > > going to do that after I got the drives backed
> up,
> > > > never got that far. I use PartitionMagic, and
> it
> > > > would do this in win non-destructively. Is
> there
> > > any
> > > > comparable Linux partition program that is
> also
> > > > non-destructive?
> > > >
> > > > Other details:
> > > > About 2gb of user-environment related files to
> > > move.
> > > > Three hard drives altogether:
> > > > 80gb WD, partitioned into two 40gb windows.
> > > > 8gb Fujitsu, windows single partition
> > > > 10gb Maxtor, Linux, RH8 server default
> partition
> > > > scheme
> > > > Celeron p3 400, 384mb, 16mb agp video.
> > > > Broadband connection
> > > > The machine is part of a home peer2peer
> network,
> > > but
> > > > that is just to share the broadband and
> printers.
> > > The
> > > > other machines are 98's.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance.
> > > >
> > > > Mark
> > > >
> > > > peter <pvant67 at wnyip.net> wrote:
> > > > Sorry for the long absence, it's been
> > > strange/terrible
> > > > at best here.
> > > >
> > > > My comment about partitions: Anything I think
> will
> > > > matter to me in the
> > > > long run gets a separate partition, esp. /home
> and
> > > > /usr/local.
> > > >
> > > > That's the only reason I've been able to keep
> > > > essentially the same user
> > > > environment for so many years (1999-2000) to
> > > present.
> > > > Back then, I did
> > > > things on a Compaq 486. Now, it is 2 or 3
> hardware
> > > > systems later, but
> > > > /home hasn't changed much. The contents are
> > > similar
> > > > but the capabilities
> > > > are greater.
> > > >
> > > > The way I do things, the rest of the system is
> > > > disposable. You already
> > > > know there's going to be upgrades, betas, etc.
> > > /home
> > > > isn't disposable -
> > > > its the stuff you spent the last few years
> > > creating.
> > > > Hence, I never use
> > > > the default partition schemes (I use RH9), and
> I
> > > > default to a custom
> > > > install in order to preserve this.
> > > >
> > > > Hence, I would definitely give /home its own
> > > > partition; you can safely
> > > > wipe and re-install the system without
> touching
> > > it, if
> > > > you opt to
> > > > partition it manually.
> > > >
> > > > Hope this helps someone - Pete
> > >
> > > --
> > > Cyber Source <peter at thecybersource.com>
> > >
> >
> >
> > =====
> >
> > Mark Robson
> >
> >
> >
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