Re: [SLUG] Bob Stia Rescue Problem

From: Mike Dittmeier (mike@bluecrabtech.com)
Date: Wed Nov 10 2004 - 11:32:45 EST


rescue mode mounts you hard drives root volume under /mnt/sysimage

you need to cd to the /mnt/sysimage folder to access the files.

Ditt

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 11:04:09 -0500, Mike Branda <mike@wackyworld.tv>
wrote :

> really_old_snip
>
> Running 8.2, not 9.1, but I also made the boot floppy, reccue floppy,
> and the 5 module disks. When the floppy boots it presents a menu.
> Install, safe install, rescue, etc. No matter what option I choose it
> asks me for module 1, the module containing usb and whatever else might
> be on there. It never asks for any of the other modules. Then I get
> the login, and after login I get the "rescue" prompt.
>
> So far so good ? Maybe ??? Then I can cd into any main directory. I
> cannot cd into any subdirectory, eg: /home/Bob, or /user/local,
> or /var/log etc. etc. Get the message no such file or directory. If I
> do an ls -l on the directory it doesn't show the subdirectories. Very
> frustrating and unusable.
>
> Bob S.
>
> /really_old_snip
>
> you may be really far past this by now but just in case.... The rescue
> cd I use for SuSE 9 and 9.1 does not mount your local disk. The root
> filesystem you were able to see belongs to the rescue system. you have
> to mount your HD to a directory like "mount /dev/hda1 /mnt" and chroot
> that directory (see man chroot). Or depending on what you want to do
> just cd /mnt/home/Bob.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Mike Branda Jr.
>
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