<html><head><style type="text/css"></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt">>Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:39:11 -0500 <div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">>From: Bill Davidsen <<a ymailto="mailto:davidsen@tmr.com" href="mailto:davidsen@tmr.com">davidsen@tmr.com</a>> >Subject: Re: /home directary data loss >To: <a ymailto="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com" href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com">fedora-list@redhat.com</a> >Message-ID: <gkg9pf$dkf$<a ymailto="mailto:2@ger.gmane.org" href="mailto:2@ger.gmane.org">2@ger.gmane.org</a>> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed > >Craig White wrote: >> On Mon, 2009-01-12 at 12:35 +0800, çŽ‹å�¬å³° wrote: >>>> Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:09:56 -0700 >>>> From: Craig White <<a ymailto="mailto:craigwhite@azapple.com" href="mailto:craigwhite@azapple.com">craigwhite@azapple.com</a>> >>>> Subject: Re: /home directary data loss >>>> To: "Community assistance, encouragement, and advice for using >>>>> Fedora." <<a ymailto="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com" href="mailto:fedora-list@redhat.com">fedora-list@redhat.com</a>> >>>> Message-ID: <<a ymailto="mailto:1231650596.4520.650.camel@lin-workstation.azapple.com" href="mailto:1231650596.4520.650.camel@lin-workstation.azapple.com">1231650596.4520.650.camel@lin-workstation.azapple.com</a>> >>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" >>> >>> On Sun, 2009-01-11 at 12:41 +0800, Ã§Å½â€¹Ã¥ï¿½Â¬Ã¥Â³Â° wrote: >>>> Help! >>>> I used "yum update" updated my system the other day, then I >> restarted >>>> the computer, but it couldn't get in! >>>> So I used the DVD containing Fedora ISO to rescue the system, but I >>>> still saw nothing in /home/houghes which stores all my important >>>> files! >>>> But then my first aim was to get the system up, and I used the DVD and >>>> chose "update existing sytem" hoping to get back to the point where I >>>> hadn't updated Fedora using "yum update". Though this is not the >>>> result, I got it! >>>> But I still couldn't see anything in /home/houghes ! >>>> And since the system start-up process is so different from before, I >>>> covered /boot/grub/grub.conf with /boot/grub/grub.conf~ , and the >>>> start-up is normal now! >>>> But how Can I Get My /home/houghes data back?! Help! >>> ---- >>> Is it possible that /home was on a separate partition and isn't mounted? >>> >>> what do you get when run >> the following commands? >>> fdisk -l /dev/sda >>> mount >>> >>> Craig >>> >>> >> following is got by running fdisk -l /dev/sda and mount: >> [root@joggerwang ~]# fdisk -l /dev/sda >> >> Disk /dev/sda: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes >> 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 19457 cylinders >> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes >> Disk identifier: 0x662db0cb >> >> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System >> /dev/sda1 * 1 25 200781 83 Linux >> /dev/sda2 26 8948 71673997+ 83 Linux >> /dev/sda3 8949 10860 15358140 83 Linux >> /dev/sda4 10861 19457 69055402+ 5 Extended >> /dev/sda5 10861 12772 15358108+ 83 Linux >> /dev/sda6 12773 14684 15358108+ 83 Linux >> /dev/sda7 14685 15703 8185086 83 Linux >> /dev/sda8 15704 16340 5116671 83 Linux >> /dev/sda9 16341 19457 25037271 8e Linux LVM >> [root@joggerwang ~]# mount >> /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 on / type ext3 (rw) >> /proc on /proc type proc (rw) >> sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw) >> devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) >> /dev/sda6 on /usr type ext3 (rw) >> /dev/sda5 on /var type ext3 (rw) >> /dev/sda3 on /opt type ext3 (rw) >> /dev/sda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw) >> tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) >> none on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type binfmt_misc (rw) >> sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw) >> gvfs-fuse-daemon on /root/.gvfs type fuse.gvfs-fuse-daemon >> (rw,nosuid,nodev) >> >> >> /dev/sda2 ought to be the partition I seperated for /home, >> and /dev/sda7, /dev/sda8 are seperated for /usr/local and /tmp >> respectively, so I tried to add three lines in /etc/mtab for them as >> follows: >> /dev/sda2 /home ext3 rw 0 0 >> /dev/sda7 /usr/local ext3 rw 0 0 >> /dev/sda8 /tmp ext3 rw 0 0 >> and in /etc/fstab as follows: >> UUID=61b8990c-043e-4d1f-9a37-7f330cc49eb5 /home >> ext3 defaults 1 1 >> UUID=0cf03423-386b-407b-a60b-54c076692d77 /usr/local >> ext3 defaults 1 1 >> UUID=d8297ee9-bd48-4b2c-a81a-ba0afdf42d0d /tmp >> ext3 defaults 1 1 >> but my files in /home/houghes still don't come out! >> What should I do? > ---- > first, take a looksee at /dev/sda2 and see if that really is your >> old /home... >> >> mkdir /home/oldhome >> mount /dev/sda2 /home/oldhome >> ls -l /home/oldhome > >> if it is, you can figure out the UUID of /dev/sda2, probably just by >> doing... >> >> # ls -l /dev/disk/by-uuid/ >> >> and putting that UUID into /etc/fstab for a /home mount >> >> I don't think that editing mtab is going to be useful. >> >May I suggest 'blkid' for stuff like this? Far easier to understand. > >-- >Bill Davidsen <<a ymailto="mailto:davidsen@tmr.com" href="mailto:davidsen@tmr.com">davidsen@tmr.com</a>> > "We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from >the machinations of the wicked." - from Slashdot Thanks all! The problem is finally solved! I add below lines in /etc/fstab, then it's OK! UUID=47612fc6-286d-4c3f-b5c1-32abf7b3c9f3 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 UUID=07cfacc5-564d-4113-af74-eec8576bfe12 /usr/local ext3 defaults 1 2 UUID=1cfbb0d5-4192-468a-b6ae-f3a4603dedc8 /tmp ext3 defaults 1 2 then UUID here is got from 'blkid', not /dev/disk/by-uuid/, as following: # blkid /dev/sda2: UUID="61b8990c-043e-4d1f-9a37-7f330cc49eb5" TYPE="crypt_LUKS" /dev/sda7: UUID="0cf03423-386b-407b-a60b-54c076692d77" TYPE="crypt_LUKS" /dev/sda8: UUID="d8297ee9-bd48-4b2c-a81a-ba0afdf42d0d" TYPE="crypt_LUKS" /dev/mapper/luks-61b8990c-043e-4d1f-9a37-7f330cc49eb5: UUID="47612fc6-286d-4c3f-b5c1-32abf7b3c9f3" TYPE="ext3" SEC_TYPE="ext2" /dev/mapper/luks-d8297ee9-bd48-4b2c-a81a-ba0afdf42d0d: UUID="1cfbb0d5-4192-468a-b6ae-f3a4603dedc8" TYPE="ext3" SEC_TYPE="ext2" /dev/mapper/luks-0cf03423-386b-407b-a60b-54c076692d77: UUID="07cfacc5-564d-4113-af74-eec8576bfe12" TYPE="ext3" SEC_TYPE="ext2" </div></div></div> <hr size=1><a href="http://cn.rd.yahoo.com/mail_cn/tagline/card/*http://card.mail.cn.yahoo.com/"> 好玩贺卡等你发，邮箱贺卡全新上线！</a></body></html>