Help Please Can I reinsall FC 2 without losing my data

M.K webfreelancers at gmail.com
Sat Mar 18 09:48:57 UTC 2006


I did  know I have to logn in  in rescue mode and I do  not know the command
for login in the shall


On 3/18/06, Yu Shilin <lunziyu at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 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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