longgone Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 .......tried to boot into default OS (SuSE) got the warning that hda10 (SuSE) had not been checked in 50 days .. forcing check now ... end result says hda10 contains a file system with errors ... now what do I do to fix this .. only thing I have done out of the ordinary is earlier today I burned 3 cd's using k3b ........... HELP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linuxdude32 Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 You must be using the ext3 file system. Because it's the same as ext2 with journal on top, it's set to do a check automatically every 50 days. As root, you can run the following command:fsck.ext3 -p /dev/hda10This command will do an automatic check and repair with no prompts. There are lots of other options where you can control the level of prompting but unless you're more of a guru than I am, you won't know how to answer the prompts anyway, so it's better just to let fsck do what needs to be done. The way to avoid this is to use reiserfs or one of the other jounalized file systems. Or you can turn this feature off though I'm not sure that's safe. Besides, I don't remember where to do this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhbell Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 .......tried to boot into default OS (SuSE) got the warning that hda10 (SuSE) had not been checked in 50 days .. forcing check now ... end result says hda10 contains a file system with errors ... now what do I do to fix this .. only thing I have done out of the ordinary is earlier today I burned 3 cd's using k3b ........... HELPHello DaleI don't know if this will help in your case or not as I am using reiserfs. Might be worth a try. BTW I am using the commercial version of Suse 9.2 pro. if you put in the install CD or DVD whatever the case may be and boot up using it and start to do a install it will let you do a repair on the Suse system. I had some problems with a fresh install Address book in Evolution would not work and then after imaging to another hard drive (Disk Clone) all I could get was the GRUB on bootup. Put in my install DVD booted up started an install and when it gave me the option to do a repair I told it to do it. It repaired several problems including the boot loader (Grub) my fstab and the address book problem in Evolution. It checked every partion in Suse and several other things.Mel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted January 16, 2005 Author Share Posted January 16, 2005 Jason ... correct I am using the ext3 for the file system ... how do I get to make a root entry ????? after I get the warning about the file system having errors I get the folllowing two lines the first one says that in order to reboot I need to use ... ctrl-d .. that reboot or shutdown will not work .. the next line is ... root login prompt .. when I enter the password it does not accept it and goes to another prompt with some strange characters ... but I still can't make a login as root ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 I think it is strange in the first place that you get errors on that filesystem and that it does not simply take the journal to recover . . . . I never has any problems with Ext3.But apart from that I would follow Mel's suggestion and do a repair with your install CDs. Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted January 16, 2005 Author Share Posted January 16, 2005 Mel / Bruno .....I had a feeling it would involve a disk .. I am using the 9.1 pro version from that 3 cd pkg offer from Novell/SuSE ... the only other time I have had the hard disk check situation come up was in the Knoppix OS on here ,, but all went well with it ... heres hoping on SuSE ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nlinecomputers Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 Dale,Suse's repair tool is excellent and can fix many problems. Boot the disk and select install not repair. Once in the install Suse will detect that you have linux already installed. At that point select repair and a new tool will open that has several options for repair. Choose the automatic option. This has a good chance of fixing your problems. If they are fixable. I'm thinking that you may have a bum disk drive. EXt3 is a journalled file system. If it can't auto fix your drive from the journal I fear you may have a problem with the drive itself. Any data on that drive that is important? Is this a multiboot drive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted January 16, 2005 Author Share Posted January 16, 2005 Nathan ,,,Yes it is multi boot/multi hd ...all was fine until I burned those 3 disks ... then later on that day when I started back up is when the problem occured .. yes, I would say since that it is my primary OS that it does have some important info on it ..... I guess I am going to get some valuable knowledge with this endevor.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 Hi DaleIf you have some important data on SUSE, and you can still boot another distro on that drive . . . it might be wise to copy some of that data over to another partition before you start the repair-adventure in SUSE. Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nlinecomputers Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 Bruno,Will he not get the same errors in another distro as well when he tried to mount it? He is going to have to fix the file problems first before he can retrieve data is he not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 Bruno,Will he not get the same errors in another distro as well when he tried to mount it? He is going to have to fix the file problems first before he can retrieve data is he not?He might indeed, but sometimes ( often ) it just bypasses the /etc/sysconfig/autofsck file and he might be able to mount it . . . or change the fstab file to read "0 0" so no check is made. Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linuxdude32 Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 Good point, Nathan. However, I think it depends on the tool used to do the backup. A sector-by-sector copy like Ghost or partimage would probably do it without any mounting required. Of course, the partition will have to be fixed sometime.Not sure why you can't login, Dale. Are you sure you didn't have caps lock on when you tried the password? Once you fix things, you will need to use Ctrl-D as it suggests to reboot. Otherwise, you'll just end up back at the same place.Btw, is your important data on SUSE? Or is on another partition? Using the fsck.ext3 the way I mentioned will only affect the SUSE partition. No danger of it affecting data elsewhere. Just be sure you use it on the right partition which from your info, appears to be /dev/hda10 in this case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted January 16, 2005 Author Share Posted January 16, 2005 Am getting ready to attempt this feat of unknown adventure the info on it is not super important ,, like any sort of banking .. etc ... I can boot fine into Drake 10.0 ... have not tried any of the other distros to see what the results would be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 Dale.Try this in Mandrake # mount /dev/hda10 /mnt/hda10 And show me what it says Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted January 16, 2005 Author Share Posted January 16, 2005 [root@localhost dale]# mount /dev/hda10 /mnt/hda10[root@localhost dale]#I don't think this is what you want to see ??????????????????????/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 HURRAAAY it mounted !! . . So now have a look at the files you want to backup: # ls -al /mnt/hda10/home/dale Just tell me what files ( or directories ) from that list you want to backup Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted January 16, 2005 Author Share Posted January 16, 2005 Password:[root@localhost dale]# mount /dev/hda10 /mnt/hda10[root@localhost dale]# ls -al /mnt/hda10/home/daletotal 38384drwxr-xr-x 45 1000 users 4096 Jan 15 14:32 ./drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Sep 11 08:44 ../-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 150906 Jan 13 10:23 2004_35TS.pdf-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 152665 Jan 13 10:14 2004_3655DS.pdf-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 124272 Jan 13 10:27 2004_37TS.pdf-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 121603 Jan 13 09:58 2004_C26_V26.pdf-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 119252 Jan 13 10:34 2004_C29S_V29S.pdf-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 125388 Jan 13 10:31 2004_C315_V315-1.pdf-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 125388 Jan 13 10:31 2004_C315_V315-2.pdf-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 125388 Jan 13 10:31 2004_C315_V315-3.pdf-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 125388 Jan 13 10:33 2004_C315_V315-4.pdf-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 125388 Jan 13 10:33 2004_C315_V315-5.pdf-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 125388 Jan 13 10:01 2004_C315_V315.pdf-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 113257 Jan 13 10:06 2004_TR35G.pdf-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 52013 Jan 13 10:19 2004_TR36G.pdf-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 191796 Nov 18 14:25 4172-Noia-Apps-WWW-001.tar.gz-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 244443 Dec 18 11:06 ATT11111.dat-rw------- 1 1000 users 687 Jan 10 14:09 .bash_history-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 1286 Sep 11 08:44 .bashrcdrwxr-xr-x 2 1000 users 4096 Sep 11 08:44 bin/-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 79057 Dec 11 06:25 bookmarks.emldrwx------ 3 1000 users 4096 Nov 17 10:03 .config/-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 154299 Dec 30 19:14 cvn70.jpgdrwx------ 3 1000 users 4096 Dec 10 07:50 Desktop/-rw------- 1 1000 users 22 Dec 24 17:28 .dmrcdrwxr-xr-x 3 1000 users 4096 Nov 16 15:40 Documents/drwxr-xr-x 3 1000 users 4096 Dec 11 12:29 download/-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 208 Sep 11 08:44 .dvipsrc-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 1637 Sep 11 08:44 .emacs-rw------- 1 1000 users 16 Sep 26 18:16 .esd_auth-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 1124 Sep 11 08:44 .exrc-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 292 Oct 30 18:32 .fbhighlevelshistory-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 541 Oct 30 17:37 .fbrcdrwxr-xr-x 3 1000 users 4096 Sep 11 08:49 .fonts/-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 93 Jan 15 14:27 .fonts.cache-1drwxr-xr-x 4 1000 users 4096 Dec 9 14:05 .fullcircle/drwx------ 3 1000 users 4096 Oct 13 11:12 .gaim/drwx------ 4 1000 users 4096 Jan 15 13:13 .gconf/drwx------ 2 1000 users 4096 Jan 15 14:32 .gconfd/drwx------ 4 1000 users 4096 Nov 17 09:55 .gnome/drwx------ 9 1000 users 4096 Jan 15 14:32 .gnome2/drwx------ 2 1000 users 4096 Sep 26 18:13 .gnome2_private/drwxr-xr-x 4 1000 users 4096 Dec 18 11:08 .gqview/drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 users 4096 Dec 24 14:23 .gstreamer/-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 123 Dec 24 14:21 .gtkrc-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 142 Dec 24 14:21 .gtkrc-1.2-gnome2-rw------- 1 1000 users 0 Jan 15 14:32 .ICEauthoritydrwxr-xr-x 2 1000 users 4096 Dec 9 14:47 .icons/drwx------ 5 1000 users 4096 Oct 13 12:31 .icq/drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 users 4096 May 20 2004 install_flash_player_7_linux/-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 987452 Nov 24 08:40 install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gzdrwxrwxr-x 8 root root 4096 Dec 14 12:13 j2re1.4.2_06/-rwxr-xr-x 1 1000 users 14396068 Dec 12 12:29 j2re-1_4_2_06-linux-i586.bin*drwxr-xr-x 3 1000 users 4096 Dec 11 13:20 .java/drwx------ 4 1000 users 4096 Sep 11 08:49 .kde/-rw------- 1 1000 users 437 Dec 15 14:52 .kderc-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 164 Sep 11 08:44 .kermrcdrwxr-xr-x 3 1000 users 4096 Nov 17 08:24 .kpackage/drwxr-xr-x 9 1000 users 4096 Oct 13 11:13 .kvirc/-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 401569 Dec 28 19:31 linux_quick_ref_card.pdfdrwx------ 3 1000 users 4096 Nov 17 10:04 .local/drwx------ 3 1000 users 4096 Dec 19 07:42 .macromedia/drwx------ 7 1000 users 4096 Jan 1 09:27 Mail/drwxr-xr-x 3 1000 users 4096 Sep 11 08:50 .mcop/-rw------- 1 1000 users 31 Dec 5 12:44 .mcoprcdrwx------ 3 1000 users 4096 Dec 24 14:21 .metacity/drwx------ 5 1000 users 4096 Nov 24 08:51 .mozilla/-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 6148 Sep 11 08:44 .muttrcdrwxr-xr-x 3 1000 users 4096 Nov 18 14:45 .nautilus/drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 users 4096 Nov 28 2002 Noia Apps WWW/drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 users 4096 Dec 8 10:41 .OLDthunderbird/-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 934 Sep 11 08:44 .profiledrwxr-xr-x 2 1000 users 4096 Sep 11 08:44 public_html/drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 users 4096 Jan 15 13:12 .qt/-rw------- 1 1000 users 3784 Jan 13 10:34 .recently-used-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 135 Dec 25 13:20 .scummvmrc-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 132562 Jan 10 18:04 seal.gifdrwxr-xr-x 2 1000 users 4096 Dec 24 14:21 .skel/-rw------- 1 root root 12288 Dec 5 10:36 .swpdrwx------ 5 1000 users 4096 Dec 24 14:23 .thumbnails/drwxr-xr-x 10 1000 users 4096 Dec 6 05:01 thunderbird/drwxr-xr-x 3 1000 users 4096 Dec 10 05:24 .thunderbird/-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 10355480 Dec 8 10:38 thunderbird-1.0.tar.gzdrwxr-xr-x 2 1000 users 4096 Oct 13 12:23 .tuxpaint/-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 311 Sep 11 08:44 .urlview-rw------- 1 1000 users 0 Jan 15 14:32 .Xauthoritydrwx------ 3 1000 users 4096 Oct 13 11:06 .xchat2/-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 7913 Sep 11 08:44 .xcoralrcdrwxr-xr-x 2 1000 users 4096 Sep 11 08:44 .xemacs/-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 4269 Sep 11 08:44 .xim.templatedrwxr-xr-x 2 1000 users 4096 Oct 13 10:16 .xine/-rwxr-xr-x 1 1000 users 3055 Sep 11 08:44 .xinitrc.template*-rw------- 1 1000 users 6548 Jan 15 14:32 .xsession-errors-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 119 Sep 11 08:44 .xtalkrc-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 779127 Jan 14 17:41 .y2log-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 1048586 Jan 11 18:14 .y2log-1-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 1048629 Jan 10 05:57 .y2log-2-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 1048676 Jan 5 19:18 .y2log-3-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 1048583 Jan 1 19:07 .y2log-4-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 1048589 Dec 29 11:16 .y2log-5-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 1048615 Dec 25 17:36 .y2log-6-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 1048672 Dec 21 17:39 .y2log-7-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 1048664 Dec 18 06:12 .y2log-8-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 1048647 Dec 14 17:03 .y2log-9drwxr-xr-x 4 1000 users 4096 Sep 19 09:55 .yast2/[root@localhost dale]#???????????????????????? .... I am at a total loss .. besides not having any idea what some of those entries are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 That is all there is in your /home on SUSE . . . . Now I want to know what you want to backup . . . just choose from the list and post it :DB) Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted January 16, 2005 Author Share Posted January 16, 2005 -rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 191796 Nov 18 14:25 4172-Noia-Apps-WWW-001.tar.gz-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 244443 Dec 18 11:06 ATT11111.dat-rw------- 1 1000 users 687 Jan 10 14:09 .bash_history-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 1286 Sep 11 08:44 .bashrcdrwxr-xr-x 2 1000 users 4096 Sep 11 08:44 bin/-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 79057 Dec 11 06:25 bookmarks.emldrwx------ 3 1000 users 4096 Nov 17 10:03 .config/-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 154299 Dec 30 19:14 cvn70.jpgdrwx------ 3 1000 users 4096 Dec 10 07:50 Desktop/-rw------- 1 1000 users 22 Dec 24 17:28 .dmrcdrwxr-xr-x 3 1000 users 4096 Nov 16 15:40 Documents/drwxr-xr-x 3 1000 users 4096 Dec 11 12:29 download/-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 208 Sep 11 08:44 .dvipsrc-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 1637 Sep 11 08:44 .emacs-rw------- 1 1000 users 16 Sep 26 18:16 .esd_auth-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 1124 Sep 11 08:44 .exrc-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 292 Oct 30 18:32 .fbhighlevelshistory-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 541 Oct 30 17:37 .fbrcdrwxr-xr-x 3 1000 users 4096 Sep 11 08:49 .fonts/-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 93 Jan 15 14:27 .fonts.cache-1drwxr-xr-x 4 1000 users 4096 Dec 9 14:05 .fullcircle/drwx------ 3 1000 users 4096 Oct 13 11:12 .gaim/drwx------ 4 1000 users 4096 Jan 15 13:13 .gconf/drwx------ 2 1000 users 4096 Jan 15 14:32 .gconfd/drwx------ 4 1000 users 4096 Nov 17 09:55 .gnome/drwx------ 9 1000 users 4096 Jan 15 14:32 .gnome2/drwx------ 2 1000 users 4096 Sep 26 18:13 .gnome2_private/drwxr-xr-x 4 1000 users 4096 Dec 18 11:08 .gqview/drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 users 4096 Dec 24 14:23 .gstreamer/-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 123 Dec 24 14:21 .gtkrc-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 142 Dec 24 14:21 .gtkrc-1.2-gnome2-rw------- 1 1000 users 0 Jan 15 14:32 .ICEauthoritydrwxr-xr-x 2 1000 users 4096 Dec 9 14:47 .icons/drwx------ 5 1000 users 4096 Oct 13 12:31 .icq/drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 users 4096 May 20 2004 install_flash_player_7_linux/-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 987452 Nov 24 08:40 install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gzdrwxrwxr-x 8 root root 4096 Dec 14 12:13 j2re1.4.2_06/-rwxr-xr-x 1 1000 users 14396068 Dec 12 12:29 j2re-1_4_2_06-linux-i586.bin*drwxr-xr-x 3 1000 users 4096 Dec 11 13:20 .java/drwx------ 4 1000 users 4096 Sep 11 08:49 .kde/-rw------- 1 1000 users 437 Dec 15 14:52 .kderc-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 164 Sep 11 08:44 .kermrcdrwxr-xr-x 3 1000 users 4096 Nov 17 08:24 .kpackage/drwxr-xr-x 9 1000 users 4096 Oct 13 11:13 .kvirc/-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 401569 Dec 28 19:31 linux_quick_ref_card.pdfdrwx------ 3 1000 users 4096 Nov 17 10:04 .local/drwx------ 3 1000 users 4096 Dec 19 07:42 .macromedia/drwx------ 7 1000 users 4096 Jan 1 09:27 Mail/drwxr-xr-x 3 1000 users 4096 Sep 11 08:50 .mcop/-rw------- 1 1000 users 31 Dec 5 12:44 .mcoprcdrwx------ 3 1000 users 4096 Dec 24 14:21 .metacity/drwx------ 5 1000 users 4096 Nov 24 08:51 .mozilla/-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 6148 Sep 11 08:44 .muttrcdrwxr-xr-x 3 1000 users 4096 Nov 18 14:45 .nautilus/drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 users 4096 Nov 28 2002 Noia Apps WWW/drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 users 4096 Dec 8 10:41 .OLDthunderbird/-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 934 Sep 11 08:44 .profiledrwxr-xr-x 2 1000 users 4096 Sep 11 08:44 public_html/drwxr-xr-x 2 1000 users 4096 Jan 15 13:12 .qt/-rw------- 1 1000 users 3784 Jan 13 10:34 .recently-used-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 135 Dec 25 13:20 .scummvmrc-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 132562 Jan 10 18:04 seal.gifdrwxr-xr-x 2 1000 users 4096 Dec 24 14:21 .skel/-rw------- 1 root root 12288 Dec 5 10:36 .swpdrwx------ 5 1000 users 4096 Dec 24 14:23 .thumbnails/drwxr-xr-x 10 1000 users 4096 Dec 6 05:01 thunderbird/drwxr-xr-x 3 1000 users 4096 Dec 10 05:24 .thunderbird/-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 10355480 Dec 8 10:38 thunderbird-1.0.tar.gzdrwxr-xr-x 2 1000 users 4096 Oct 13 12:23 .tuxpaint/-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 311 Sep 11 08:44 .urlview-rw------- 1 1000 users 0 Jan 15 14:32 .Xauthoritydrwx------ 3 1000 users 4096 Oct 13 11:06 .xchat2/-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 7913 Sep 11 08:44 .xcoralrcdrwxr-xr-x 2 1000 users 4096 Sep 11 08:44 .xemacs/-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 4269 Sep 11 08:44 .xim.templatedrwxr-xr-x 2 1000 users 4096 Oct 13 10:16 .xine/-rwxr-xr-x 1 1000 users 3055 Sep 11 08:44 .xinitrc.template*-rw------- 1 1000 users 6548 Jan 15 14:32 .xsession-errors-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 119 Sep 11 08:44 .xtalkrc-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 779127 Jan 14 17:41 .y2log-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 1048586 Jan 11 18:14 .y2log-1-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 1048629 Jan 10 05:57 .y2log-2-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 1048676 Jan 5 19:18 .y2log-3-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 1048583 Jan 1 19:07 .y2log-4-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 1048589 Dec 29 11:16 .y2log-5-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 1048615 Dec 25 17:36 .y2log-6-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 1048672 Dec 21 17:39 .y2log-7-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 1048664 Dec 18 06:12 .y2log-8-rw-r--r-- 1 1000 users 1048647 Dec 14 17:03 .y2log-9drwxr-xr-x 4 1000 users 4096 Sep 19 09:55 .yast2/[root@localhost dale]#lets try this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 You want to backup: ( it makes no sense to back up all the hidden config files . . some of them might be corrupt, seeing the errors you get booting SUSE )Documents ?downloads ?.thunderbird ( your mail ) ?bookmarks ?public_html ? noia apps www ??the pdf files ?? j2re-1_4_2_06-linux-i586.bin ? install_flash_player_7_linux.tar ??? Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted January 16, 2005 Author Share Posted January 16, 2005 Ummmmmmmmmmmmmm......... the only items that I think I should keep are anything that have to do with the OS, Firefox, and Thunderbird the NOIA is the skin ap that I have for Firefox, the bookmarks yes , as far as the java and flash are concerned keep only if the actual installation is corrupt too .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 Okay . . give me 15 minutes to make the commands . . Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linuxdude32 Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 Why not first see how big your home directory is?du -sh /mnt/hda10/home/daleIf it's less than 700 MB, you could burn it all to a CD-R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted January 16, 2005 Author Share Posted January 16, 2005 [root@localhost dale]# du -sh /mnt/hda10/home/dale272M /mnt/hda10/home/dale[root@localhost dale]#is that what you meant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 I have an idea: # mkdir /home/dale/Backup_SUSE# cp -rp  /mnt/hda10/home/dale  /home/dale/Backup_SUSE/ It will take a few seconds to finish, but then the full /home/dale on SUSE is backed-up on Mandrake . . in the directory: "/home/dale/Backup_SUSE"After checking if it is really there . . you can start to fix SUSEB) Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted January 16, 2005 Author Share Posted January 16, 2005 [root@localhost dale]# mkdir /home/dale/Backup_SUSE[root@localhost dale]# cp -rp /mnt/hda10/home/dale /home/dale/Backup_SUSE/[root@localhost dale]#it appears to have accepted the cmds ... now how do I check it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 You check it by simply browsing in your /home . . you will see a directory "Backup_SUSE" . . look what is inside :DB) Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted January 16, 2005 Author Share Posted January 16, 2005 it is there ... looks like it is well ... now what Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Posted January 16, 2005 Share Posted January 16, 2005 Dale,Suse's repair tool is excellent and can fix many problems. Boot the disk and select install not repair. Once in the install Suse will detect that you have linux already installed. At that point select repair and a new tool will open that has several options for repair. Choose the automatic option. This has a good chance of fixing your problems. If they are fixable. I'm thinking that you may have a bum disk drive. EXt3 is a journalled file system. If it can't auto fix your drive from the journal I fear you may have a problem with the drive itself.Now this what Nathan wrote . . . . . . . fix your SUSE installIf that does not work: re-install . . . . :DB) Bruno Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longgone Posted January 16, 2005 Author Share Posted January 16, 2005 .......... Our father who ........................................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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