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From: Kevin Brandstatter <kjbrandstatter@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] recovery of fstab
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 23:41:07
Message-Id: CAN2jfnJaLL31Qp5v5nVdT1BaZaYwbyKnuYtfyVp0=o+zHH00Yg@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] recovery of fstab by James
1 mount them and see whats there?
2 also, what order did you mount them in? it may make a difference
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5 On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 2:48 PM, James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote:
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7 > Well I have a gentoo system I'm trying to recover.
8 > I've got it booted up via systemrescue.
9 >
10 > I do not have a copy of the fstab, so what is the best
11 > way to discover which partitions are /boot / and so on?
12 >
13 > (brain dead tonight)....
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16 > I guesses but the / is blank?
17 >
18 > df <snip>
19 > /dev/sda2 61438696 51276944 10161752 84% /mnt/gentoo/boot
20 > /dev/sda3 61438696 51276944 10161752 84% /mnt/gentoo
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22 >
23 > /mnt/gentoo/boot is populated (mounted correctly) but the /dev/sda3
24 > which I'm guessing is / is empty ?
25 >
26 > Been a while since I had to recover a system so referals to good
27 > docs are most welcome....
28 >
29 > No to mention an automount capability with systemrescue?
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31 > James
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Re: [gentoo-user] recovery of fstab Adam Carter <adamcarter3@×××××.com>