When copying directories, make sure to use either -r or -a for recursive/archive. On Thu, 2006-02-09 at 21:02 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote: > My main workstation is awaiting its turn to move to FC4, and was running > Mandriva. I now find that I cannot boot from the primary drive at all. It > looks as though something desperate has happened to the MBR, where lilo > lived. > > Checking my data backup, I find that I have missed a whole, vitally important, > directory. I need to get that data to a safe place before trying anything in > the way of rescue. > > I have got knoppix 3.2 up and can see the files. I've got a pen-drive mounted > as root, but can't copy the files onto it. Trying > cp /mnt/hde7/anne/Gnucash/ /mnt/sde gets > cp: omitting directory /mnt/hde7/anne/Gnucash/ > > I tried to do it with a gui, but 'kdesu konqueror' says that it cannot connect > to the X server. > > I'm now desperate. How can I get those files onto my pen-drive? > > Anne >
