Help Please Can I reinsall FC 2 without losing my data

[M.K]

How could I back  up my data in rescue mode with shell command ?
my data are on local  directory.
How could I login in as a root  to see my local dir.
With "ls" command:
 bin             etc           linuxra             mnt             oldtmp
        sbin                 sys                usr
 dev              lib             lost+fund            modules          proc
        selinux         temp             var


Thanks,
mkohan



On 3/19/06, John Summerfield <debian at herakles.homelinux.org> wrote:
>
> M.K wrote:
> > I installed Fedora core 2 server six month ago and it worked fine.
> Yesterday
> > after turn off the computer the system did not boot. The server upon
> reboot
> > will get stuck at then At grub boot screen I  removed  "rhgb quiet" and
> > rebooted it. I got more messages but stuck at the same message.  INIT:
> > version 2.85 booting
> > 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
> >
> > 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/           ?
> >
> > Thanks
> > mkohan
> >
> >
> Whether you can reinstall without losing data depends on how you're
> partitioned. Ordinarily, when you install you format/reformat some or
> all partitions: all data on those are lost.
>
> Data on partitions you do not format will ordinarily be preserved, but
> if you reinstall and lose data, be sure you only point fingers at
> yourself:-)
>
> Prudence says to back things up first, and Paranoia suggests replacing
> the disk first....
>
> What should work with minimum risk is upgrading FC2 to FC2  - yest,
> that's right, upgrade FC2 to itself. There is a good chance whatever
> went wrong will magically get fixed.
>
> Backing up first is still a good idea, and disk is cheap.
>
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