Re: inode error, linux won't boot

2003-06-03 Thread Pigeon
On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 01:22:54PM -0400, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote: > I keep sending these to people directly instead of the list. My apologies!! > > Ooops. I created a new user by mistake when I was finishing the > installation, or maybe it happened before. The result is that > /home/emmajane no lo

Re: inode error, linux won't boot

2003-06-03 Thread Yuhanes Tjandra
On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 01:22:54PM -0400, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote: > I keep sending these to people directly instead of the list. My apologies!! > > Ooops. I created a new user by mistake when I was finishing the > installation, or maybe it happened before. The result is that > /home/emmajane no lo

Re: inode error, linux won't boot

2003-06-03 Thread Mark L. Kahnt
On Mon, 2003-06-02 at 13:22, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote: > I keep sending these to people directly instead of the list. My apologies!! > > Ooops. I created a new user by mistake when I was finishing the > installation, or maybe it happened before. The result is that > /home/emmajane no longer contains

Re: inode error, linux won't boot

2003-06-03 Thread Clive Menzies
Hi Emma On (02/06/03 13:22), Emma Jane Hogbin wrote: > Ooops. I created a new user by mistake when I was finishing the > installation, or maybe it happened before. The result is that > /home/emmajane no longer contains my files. > > Any idea where they might be? > I did something like this the ot

Houston, we have data! was Re: inode error, linux won't boot

2003-06-03 Thread Emma Jane Hogbin
*phew* the problem was that I didn't have /home mounted. I added it to the /etc/fstab file and then mounted it by hand. All of my data is still there. Now I just need to back it up and start over. :) emma -- Emma Jane Hogbin Xtrinsic -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subjec

/home not mounted was Re: inode error, linux won't boot

2003-06-03 Thread Emma Jane Hogbin
On even further investigation I noticed that /home isn't included in /etc/mtab or /etc/fstab. I'm now trying to figure out the correct line to insert... -- Emma Jane Hogbin Xtrinsic -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: inode error, linux won't boot

2003-06-03 Thread Emma Jane Hogbin
I keep sending these to people directly instead of the list. My apologies!! Ooops. I created a new user by mistake when I was finishing the installation, or maybe it happened before. The result is that /home/emmajane no longer contains my files. Any idea where they might be? thanks! -- Emma Jan

overwrote a user was Re: inode error, linux won't boot

2003-06-03 Thread Emma Jane Hogbin
Ooops. I created a new user by mistake when I was finishing the installation, or maybe it happened before. The result is that /home/emmajane no longer contains my files. Any idea where they might be? thanks! -- Emma Jane Hogbin Xtrinsic -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a s

Re: inode error, linux won't boot

2003-06-03 Thread Emma Jane Hogbin
> Do you have a cdrom installed and can you set your bios to boot from the > cd. Yeah, this is what I'm working on right now. It took me about half a dozen tries but I've *finally* got the base install working. I'm not sure why it finally started working but I did have to wipe hda2 a couple of tim

Re: inode error, linux won't boot

2003-06-03 Thread Russ Pitman
On Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 10:35:58AM -0400, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote: > This is really quite strange. I was moving my office from one room to > another. I hadn't shut down my computer and when I went to do a "sudo > halt" it couldn't find "sudo". It was weird but I was in the middle of > moving so I po

inode error, linux won't boot

2003-06-03 Thread Emma Jane Hogbin
This is really quite strange. I was moving my office from one room to another. I hadn't shut down my computer and when I went to do a "sudo halt" it couldn't find "sudo". It was weird but I was in the middle of moving so I powered off my computer with the power switch. Now it won't boot. I'm getti