On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 08:37:31PM +0000, Paul Smith wrote: > On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 6:55 PM, Paul Smith <phhs80@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > My hard disk seems to be corrupted, and my machine cannot boot. > > However, it can enter into emergency mode. > > > > I would like to mount my home directory and also an external disk to > > do all necessary backups. How can I accomplish that? > > Please, ignore my question -- I am now doing the backups with the live CD. > Well, if your hard disk is failing whatever backup you do might just be useless. After all backups are done *before* things fail :-p. I would suggest you try data recovery. For hints you can look here: <http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.redhat.fedora.general/377478/match=suvayu+ddrescue> GL, -- Suvayu Open source is the future. It sets us free. -- 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
