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Joined: 09-Oct-2003 Zodiac: Holly
Realm: Kentucky
I don't know how many of you have noticed that I haven't been online much (even in the IRC channel where I lurk) over the last couple of days. I was trying to upgrade the hard drive in Lugh (my main workstation). Windows was being a pain to migrate, even via a re-install onto the new drive, so I figured I'd put my original drive back in and not worry about it for a while, right?
Well, in the process of plugging it back in, I pulled the wrong Molex connector, and didn't realise until several unsuccessful boot attempts of both Linux and Windows, that I had unplugged my CPU fan. Ok, it hasn't shot flames, so maybe we're ok. I power it down and restore power to the CPU fan. Then I try to boot.
2k gets a stop error on boot. it's pretty much gone, negating all the efforts of trying to upgrade without a Windows reinstall. But no biggie, it's windows. I can reinstall some games.
I then try to boot LFS 4 . . . NOPE! e2fsck freaks. I am eventually able to get it to boot, but I can't log in.
I have been the last day or two becomming really good friends with e2fsck, and learning very well what the mysterious /lost+found directory is for. I have managed to get the system to boot to I can login. It still has to run e2fsck every time I reboot though (which only works when run manually from init=/bin/bash )
I got lucky that X still works at the current time in order to be able to check Highlander Radio. But I lost my theme. I'll have to dig around and see what I can find there. I also had to fight with it some to get the NIC working too. I've still got a lot of work to do on this, but now at least I should be able to bring my mp3 library back online and keep up on Highlander Radio again. And there is hope that my system may actually survive without a re-lfs ing. I copied it over to another drive though. for safety's sake Got a lot of repair work to do, but at least it should be doable
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Joined: 09-Oct-2003 Zodiac: Holly
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Good news!
Lugh appears to be healthy again. I found much of my WindowMaker config in the lost+found and was able to restore it. Then I found a copy of WhiteMagic from Digitalblasphemy and didn't even have to re-DL that! How cool is that!. Only thing I'm missing is my thermometer readouts in my dock and then I think everything will be back to normal, and I'll be ready to try again to upgrade to the new HDD....
I did something like that when I upgraded my hard drive on my old work horse a couple of years ago....... only I just didn't realize what drive I was looking at and accidently hit re format....arrrggghhhh.....I lost hours and hours of image and layout work never to be recovered.
I'm glad this disaster has narrowly been averted Aadi I know that can be quite stressful
Peace
Mikel
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He is no fool who gives up that which he can not keep to gain that which he cannot loose