On Mon, 2005-12-05 at 09:15 +0530, Anil Kumar Sharma wrote: > Hello CJ, > After my last post I had to dash to bed - it was getting close to > early morning Monday! > I think I spelled correctly about shifting your files. But I am afraid > U shifted them to the root of /dev/sda1 rather then than > to /dev/sda1/home. He does NOT want them at /dev/sda1/home, but does want them at the root of /dev/sda1 /dev/sda1 will be mounted at /home so the current contents of /home MUST be at the root of /dev/sda1 > > Two solutions now > > 1. Please move your files to proper place and U will have normalcy > restored on reboot. This U can do by booting as root and shifting > files to proper place. recheck correctness - u know what is correct - > reboot as user. > > 2. Nothing is lost if U did as I requested U to. If U have your > old /home files and /etc/fstab.bak. > # cp /etc/fstab /etc/fstab.new !save your new fstab > # cp /etc/fstab.bak /etc/fstab ! restore old backup version > # reboot > # mount -t ext3 /dev/sda1 /mnt/my80gigHOME > # ls /mnt/my80gigHOME ! if U see only /home u are really there > ! or if U see all your files in this place, ur cp was incorrect > # ls /mnt/my80gigHOME/home ! this is ur final aim to see everything > here, > ! shift every thing from /mnt/my80gigHOME > (except /mnt/my80gigHOME /home) to up here /mnt/my80gigHOME/home this > is difficult for me in text mode but a kiss in GUI. please be > carefull. > ! check place of files once again - say OK to yourself truly. > # cp /etc/fstab.new /etc/fstab. !renew your fstab > # reboot > > PS: sorry I am not replying to your actions on -> cp -pr ; cp > -prv ; cp -av etc.... presuming it gets covered in solution > suggested. In any case if U have old /home files intact, then U can > clean the mess, and "redo" whole thing correctly and u know how... > > -- > Anil Kumar Shrama > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
