kamicota Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 (edited) Here we go again - so before I install a new Linux - can anyone help me here. I tried to format my external usb drive in PCLinuxOS 2013 - an you know me NOT command line And ended up with the 250GB mounted both in PClinuxOS (root) and Windows for some unknown reason and cannot get into "kamicota" here is the message I get --->>> Cannot enter Home Directory using /. So before it is a complete new Linux & maybe even windowsd is there a solution out there somewhere Cheers for years Colin Edited March 25, 2013 by kamicota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 If your username is kamicota and you cannot access /home/kamicota, run this as root: chown -R kamicota.kamicota /home/kamicota/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamicota Posted March 25, 2013 Author Share Posted March 25, 2013 (edited) Righty Ho THANKS Josh Will do when I venture back into Linux And report back if there was any signs of that pesky External USB drive Cheers for years Colin Edited March 25, 2013 by kamicota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamicota Posted March 25, 2013 Author Share Posted March 25, 2013 (edited) OOOPPPSSS!!! :'( --->>> root@localhost ~]# chown -R kamicota.kamicota /home/kamicota/ chown: cannot access `/home/kamicota/': No such file or directory [root@localhost ~]# And "root" shows the external USB drive as being mounted and as if have been reformatted - with only "recycled" folder on it even though it is NOT plugged in Cheers for Years Colin Edited March 25, 2013 by kamicota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 OK, could you clear something up for me? Did you say that you can get to the external hard drive when logged in as root, but not when you logged into kamicota you could not see the external hard drive? If that is the case, I would suggest umount /pathto/externaldrive and then change the perms on the directory you created to mount the external hard drive so it is at least readable and/or writable by not just root but also users (or yourself if you don't have your kamicota as part of the users. But if you can no longer log in as kamicota that would be something else. Or if you can not get into your own kamicota home folders when logged in as kamicota, that would be something else. We would need to know if your group is the same as your username, such as what Josh said, meaning kamicota is in the group kamicota, (kamicota.kamicota), or if your kamicota group is users (kamicota.users) or something else in your PCLos. Hmm, sounds like you may have accidentally deleted your own user? Might have to recreate the user, or restore from a backup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamicota Posted March 25, 2013 Author Share Posted March 25, 2013 Fran I'll take little steps here OK!!! The External USB drive is NOT plugged in at all - YET shows up in Devices - Dolphin root Cheers for Years Colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamicota Posted March 25, 2013 Author Share Posted March 25, 2013 (edited) Well Finally Parted Magic got rid of the "mind of it's own" external drive - BOTH in Windows(shown as none existent "J" partition) & Linux Still not able to boot into kamicota And I think you may be right Fran - "MOI" deleted own user & do not have a back up Looks like time to explore another Linux Distro Install This may be radical AGAIN but is so OFTEN the way I have to go nearly every New Year or Middle of Cheers for years Colin Edited March 25, 2013 by kamicota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Well the mount point would always be there so that is not unusual. What about the rest of the questions. OK glad you fixed that part in Parted Magic. Still not sure what you had going on there. Is there still folder in /home belonging to kamicota? And if so, as root can you see the files in /home/kamicota? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Is it possible that you reformatted your /home partition instead of the external hard drive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamicota Posted March 25, 2013 Author Share Posted March 25, 2013 Fran Do not KNOW if there is /home belonging to kamicota Did not see one in Parted magic But am on my way back to PCLinuxOS now (root) and see what there is there Cheers for years Colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 OK. Hope it all is still there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamicota Posted March 25, 2013 Author Share Posted March 25, 2013 Fran I plugged in the troublesome USB drive & it locked everyting up in windows. Back Linux - there is a home but it is "root/home" - so possibly home/kamicota was deleted too - Just been into local partitions and NOW :'( relaize my old home partition is gone Going to plug in the USB after this post and see what happens with thsi Cheers for years Colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamicota Posted March 25, 2013 Author Share Posted March 25, 2013 Just a little background here --->>> This particular USB drive started locking up windows a little while back but STILL workdeed in Linux So to me the SCENARIO was - I thpought I had reformatted this USB - but as my /home/kamicota was nearly the same size - about 236GB that was the one that went byebye eh??? So now I have to decide do I do a complete Windws/Linux install or just replace PCLinuxOS (root) Should make for an interresting afternoon huh??? Cheers for Years Colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamicota Posted March 25, 2013 Author Share Posted March 25, 2013 OR Possibly how do I format the 236GB partition as kamicota//home and thereby keeping all the updtates since January intact??? Hopefully in local disks!!! Cheers for years Colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Colin! Good to see you drop in for a visit. You really shouldn't wait to nuke your system before visiting, though. You can stop by anytime... even if you're not having issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamicota Posted March 25, 2013 Author Share Posted March 25, 2013 Yep Eric Have been so "obsessed" with infrared photography & many cameras - time just seems to fly by - EVEN in these cold snowy Northern Winters. Resurrected the /home Partition by Local Disks and formatted it - now I suppose I have to delete the previous kamicota entries & add new ones But am waiting for a little stronger constitution before I do that. Even ventured to consider something else other than PCLinuxOS but am still "RAMBLING" around in that mire Cheers for years Colin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted March 25, 2013 Share Posted March 25, 2013 Yes, tempus does indeed fugit. Life is a fleeting thing. Make sure you're enjoying it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted March 26, 2013 Share Posted March 26, 2013 Hope that works out well for you Colin! Try it in a dry run manually before adding to auto mount entries, I would think would be wise. Keeping fingers crossed for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamicota Posted March 29, 2013 Author Share Posted March 29, 2013 (edited) Fran Just have to update you here - have just had my mind made up to Install Mint LMDE Just hope I can follow the install instructions May be a LATE Easter weekend Project as WE be off to stay overnight in Kalispell MT - and Infrared Photo Pics takes precedence as always Cheers for Years Colin Edited March 29, 2013 by kamicota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 Enjoy your trip! And have fun installing Mint LMDE when you get back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamicota Posted March 29, 2013 Author Share Posted March 29, 2013 Fran Got a SURPISE NUDGE to do it late yesterday - so it is up & running and now I can enjoy my Kalispell MT Infrared Photoshoot today & Saturday Cheers for years Colin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted March 30, 2013 Share Posted March 30, 2013 Excellent!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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