Re: salvaging laptop files

[Tim Chase <blinux.list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You may be able to use any number of the rescue discs that are 
out there.  Tom's Root Boot disk fits a number of handy utilities 
on a single floppy--fast to download, and easy to use.  However, 
I'm not sure the support it may have for any accessible 
technologies.  It may, at a minimum, allow you to use a serial 
console to your other PC over a null-modem cable.  You can find it at

http://www.toms.net/rb/

Alternatively, for a beefier download (hoping you've got 
broadband, 'cuz downloading ISO images over dialup is no fun) you 
could snag Knoppix, Oralux, or one of its kin.  This would allow 
you to have access to samba, NFS, as well as Apache and perhaps 
even an FTP daemon, which could be configured to share the stuff 
on your drive that's going ka-put.  Likewise, if they're on the 
same network (which it sounds like they are, as you want to use 
Samba to shovel the files across) you can telnet/ssh from your 
Windows box to the freshly booted Knoppix/Oralux/whatever box and 
access & configure it remotely.

I'm not sure if Tom's Root Boot disk allows you to pass in kernel 
parameters at boot time, but the magic parameters would be the usual

lilo:  linux console=tty0 console=ttyS0,9600n8

(perhaps adjusted for GRUB if you use that instead)

I hope this gets you on the road to recovery!

-tim










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