On 11/02/2012 10:24 PM, Dan Thurman wrote: > > Apparently, my disk started failing and dropped > some critical files. > > I tried to use LiveCD but I cannot do a linux rescue > > What I planned to do was to yum reinstall and try to > recover what is missing. > > Does this make any sense? Not really. Boot off of a current live cd, plug in a USB drive, mount it. Mount your existing partitions and copy the files over to the USB drive. At least then your data is safe. *Then* worry about recovering your operating system. Probably need a new disk though, if this one failed badly enough to stop booting. -- Digimer Papers and Projects: https://alteeve.ca/w/ What if the cure for cancer is trapped in the mind of a person without access to education? -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
