Mr. Jan Hearthstone wrote: > Adam Aube wrote: >> Mr. Jan Hearthstone wrote:
>>> So I tried the "boot" and "root" floppies, but the >>> thing insists that I repartition! (And lose >>> everything!) >> Try booting with a LiveCD (such as Knoppix). You can >> then chroot to your hard drive and fix the problem. > I have an old Toshiba Satelite that doesn't boot off > a CD-ROM. Scrap the LiveCD idea, then. > I did, though, found some one-floppy Linux didts, > but once (and if) I got the system on the RAM, I have > no idea how to get into my hd, and, at least, salvage > some files. Hopefully it includes the chroot command. Once you boot, mount whatever disk partition is your root partition as /mnt/[whatever] (make sure it's mounted read/write), then 'chroot /mnt/[whatever]'. For all practical purposes you are now on your local system. You can mount the rest of your partitions, and use lilo, apt-get, and whatever else you need to do the repairs. Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
