> Open up a terminal, and type 'sudo su'. > > 'mkdir /mnt/drive' > > If you know where your hard drive is located, you can mount it now. > > 'mount /dev/hda5 /mnt/drive' (or whatever) > > Otherwise, just 'dmesg hd' and use 'fdisk -l /dev/hda' to find the > drive with the partitions you want to mount. (where hda is the drive > that shows up) > > Now mount, and explore. :)
Thanks, i guess this should be considered a "bad answer" from the system: # mount /dev/hda9/ /mnt/drive mount: /dev/hda9 is not a valid block device hinting towards a very damaged HD! Is there another backdoor? I do have a backup of the most important parts. But there are things, that have not been backed up. /severino > > On 5/22/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Yesterday the computer suddenly freezed, No response from keyboard, that >> is, I could not switch to tty and shutdown / reboot from there. >> >> I did it the hard, turning of the power. Tried to reboot, but no succes. >> >> I have now booted up with knoppix, and would like to have access to the >> harddrive. How do I mount it (if possible -- if it is damaged, there is >> little hope)? >> >> TIA >> >> /severino >> >> >> -- >> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
