macosx

hallo...

i got problems reading do***ents on my personal /networked partition

3 days ago i hv problems with my linux os, so i decided to reinstall it
for a quick solution.. so b4 formatting, i created 1 new partition
called /networked n moved all my do***ents to that /networked
partition.. and it was successfully moved. so during installation
process i only format /root, /swap and /home partition and /networked
partition remain unformatted..

then after new installation of same distro 'Mandrive Free 2006' ... i
try to retrieve my saved files... but its 'gone'.. it still there
actually, kwikdisk shows me that /networked partition has used it space
9% about 400++mb of space. the problem is i cant view files stored in
there... the only directory availabe there is /lost n found...

is there any other way to retrieve files on that partition? no 'chown,
chgrp, chmod' cant help me since my files are 'invisible'

thanks in advance

andy...

big yellow hats

Quoth macosx :


Ah the 'invisible' file, so useful for letters to imaginary friends.

Have you tried:

su
cd /networked
ls -a

still invisible? or (oops I formated it) imaginary?
--
The Man in the Yellow Hat
Linux with a monkey, since 1996.

chris f.a. johnson

Have you mounted /networked? What does "df /networked" say? --
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macosx

yup... 9% disk partition usage about 400mb... i guess hv to b carefull
next time... >> backup to dvd hehe... thanks for you help..

chris f.a. johnson

That is not what "df /networked" said; that is a snippet of what it
said. Please post the entire output.


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Shell Scripting Recipes: | My code in this post, if any,
A Problem-Solution Approach | is released under the
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big yellow hats

Quoth Chris F.A. Johnson :


CFAJ, I have _unused_ partitions which display similar "Use%" figures.
How, from the output of "df", can you tell if there's data on that
partition other than what's being used by the file system itself? Is
it magic with command options which you planned on showing us after the
OP posts the entire output? (Yer confusing me!)

I should have ********ly mentioned "mount" in my initial response in
this thread, but I incorrectly assumed the lack of a mounted partition
would become apparent via an error message.

For a situation like this, wouldn't a better strategy be to compare
date/times that the partition in question was modified? One would have
to plan ahead and note install time, not likely with newbies (or me).
If the backup partition shows earlier "last modified" time than the
system partitions then you'll know you didn't format it and the data
has gone somehow unreadable by other means. At this point I stop,
since I have no idea what those other means may be and I rely on you
folks to not lead me down some path like, "What's the entire output of
df?"

Anyway... I'm echoing my guess that macosx formated the partition by
accident/carelessness. And I think that's what macosx has come to
realize, too.

--
The Man in the Yellow Hat
Linux with a monkey, since 1996.

chris f.a. johnson

If you want help, supply the information requested. Now that I
think about it, give the output of "df" rather than just "df
/networked".

While you're at it, also give the output of: du /networked/


First things first.

Chris F.A. Johnson, author | <http://cfaj.freeshell.org>
Shell Scripting Recipes: | My code in this post, if any,
A Problem-Solution Approach | is released under the
2005, Apress | GNU General Public Licence