First of all, why did it crash? Any chance you were hacked? If so, that might account for the flaky login behavior.
As for getting the files off -- there are _so_ many ways, but most will depend on the details of your setup and the resources available to you, none of which we know about. How is your disk currently partitioned? If it's one big partition, well, oops; but for example if you have a separate partition for /home with enough spare space for your important files, you could archive them there and just not reformat /home when you install debian. What happens when you boot your RedHat installation to single user mode? On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 08:53:06AM +0100, Johannes Angeldorff wrote: > Hi, > > I have used Red Hat 7.0 for a while as a web server with > apache/php/mysql. Now the system has crashed, and when I try to > reboot I get all the way through the boot process, but --- then I am > not allowed to log in! > > The system asks for a login, but never stops to ask for the password > after the login. I cannot reach the files. > > OK, so I would like to recover the files and then move to Debian. > > Is there anyone who can help me with this? I have booted from the Red > Hat CD, and I can mount the file system. But how can I get the files > out - I cannot execute FTP or SCP? I have no CD-R in the box... so I > guess I'll have to backup the files over the network? > > PLEASE help... I really need the server working again! > -- > Regards, > Johannes Angeldorff > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
