Help Please Can I reinsall FC 2 without losing my data

[Yu Shilin]

I'm not sure,and in fact i have never use the rescue mode.
And, did you login as root?
A normal user could not access the /usr/local directory in the mode, i 
guess.


M.K wrote:

> My data are in  usr/local directory
> when I  am i shell and use
> cd usr  and ls results
> bin      lib       sbin  share   X11R6
> int the list does not show local directory.Because I am in rescue mode 
> does not show local directory
> isn't it?
>
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> On 3/18/06, *Yu Shilin* <lunziyu at gmail.com <mailto:lunziyu at gmail.com>> 
> wrote:
>
>     Maybe you can mount a USB-disk, then copy the data into it.
>     M.K wrote:
>
>     > How could I backup the data in Rescue mode with shell   sh-2.05b# ?
>     > Thanks,
>     > Mkohan
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > On 3/18/06, *Yu Shilin* < lunziyu at gmail.com
>     <mailto:lunziyu at gmail.com> <mailto:lunziyu at gmail.com
>     <mailto:lunziyu at gmail.com>>>
>     > wrote:
>     >
>     >     Bakup the data is the first choice, i think.
>     >
>     >     Paul F. Johnson wrote:
>     >
>     >     >Hi,
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >     >>I reboot the computer And used FC2's First CD with Linux
>     rescue
>     >     mode I
>     >     >>did not get any errors . after continuing many steps
>     >     >>the message I got  " Your system is mounted under the
>     /mnt/sysimage
>     >     >>directory"
>     >     >>and the shell prompt came.  sh-2.05b#
>     >     >>The result of  "ls" command:
>     >     >>bin             etc           linuxra             mnt
>     >     >>oldtmp            sbin                 sys                usr
>     >     >>dev              lib             lost+fund            modules
>     >     >>proc        selinux         temp             var
>     >     >>
>     >     >>
>     >     >
>     >     >You can get to your old system by issuing
>     >     >
>     >     >chroot /mnt/sysimage
>     >     >
>     >     >and from there, you should be able to fix the problem -
>     assuming you
>     >     >know what the problem is in the first place!
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >     >>My question is if I reinstall FC2 without  any
>     modification on dsk
>     >     >>partitions,  is  it possible to loose my data
>     >     >>"database and programs"  that I have
>     under  usr/local/           ?
>     >     >>
>     >     >>
>     >     >
>     >     >Results may vary, but I've never managed it.
>     >     >
>     >     >TTFN
>     >     >
>     >     >Paul
>     >     >
>     >     >
>     >
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