Help Please Can I reinsall FC 2 without losing my data

Jeff Vian jvian10 at charter.net
Sat Mar 18 13:58:54 UTC 2006


On Sat, 2006-03-18 at 01:25 -0800, 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?
> 
> 
You are in rescue mode.
The normal /usr is located at /mnt/sysconfig/usr.

Or you can make it /usr by doing a "chroot /mnt/sysconfig" then all your
original system stuff will be where it is expected to be..

> 
> 
> 
> On 3/18/06, Yu Shilin <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>>
>         > 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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