R: Major system crash 2.2.14 HELP!!!

["Alex Baretta" <alex@baretta.com>]

-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: Jonathan Brugge <jonathan_brugge@hotmail.com>
A: alex@baretta.com <alex@baretta.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Data: mercoledì 7 marzo 2001 13.23
Oggetto: Re: Major system crash 2.2.14 HELP!!!


>Ok...I'm not an expert on this, but maybe you can make something of
this.
>
[snip]
>
>Jonathan Brugge
>


Thanks for your help Jon. I only just finished backing up /home and
/root to a few tarchives on the Dark Side of my machine. Yes, you are
right, my directories were on several different partitions. /home was
on /dev/md0, a disk-striping software raid. For some reason that
totally escapes my intellectual powers, /dev/md0 ( containing /home
and god knows what else... I forgot long ago) and /dev/md1 (swap
device) , entirely disappeared from the /dev/ directory. Yet, for a
mystical and transcendental manifestation the Light Side of
Informatics, when I typed "mount /home" all the files that were
contained in that directory reappeared. I quickly mounted the Dark
Side partition and copied them there. Now, all I have to do is verify
the integrity of the backups, raze the Light Side and reinstall it
from from the CD. I'll then have to reinstall and rebuild a few things
(gcc, kernel, x ...) and then hopefully all will be well...

Greetings and thanks to all list members who have patiently born this
thread without flaming me. I greatly appreciated everybody's help and
indulgence.

Alex