Repair - Reinstall - Restore

[mascarasnake]

Hey Olaf -

If you boot to the YDL CD1 you should get the chance to tab to see 
options before the disk image starts to load. From there type:
	linux rescue
from there you should be able to run 'fsck' (see 'man fsck' for details) 
on the HDD that shut down uncleanly.

On a reboot, you should be given the option of running 'fsck' if you 
shut down uncleanly. It runs by really quickly (kinda like running 
interactive startup - you only have a few secs to reply) so it's easy to 
miss. This will only happen on the first reboot after a crash, however.

<ReallyRecklessAdvice>
If you can't get the install disk to cooperate with 'linux rescue', you 
can hard shutdown your box (eg. unplug it) and reboot, making certain to 
run 'fsck' on reboot. If the drive is already fried...
</ReallyRecklessAdvice>

Also, check to see if your atalk or ftp daemons are operational (on the 
crashed machine or your remote machine(s). You can transfer critical 
files remotely that way if you need to reinstall.

<MoreRecklessIdeas>
Worst case scenario, you could always email the files to yourself using 
a CLI Mail app like mutt. Years ago, when I upgraded from 7.6 to 9.1 I 
backed up my files by creating secure compressed archives (with Compact 
Pro), then created a buttload of email accounts to hold those files.
</MoreRecklessIdeas>

g'luck and I won't scold you for not backing up ;)

Olaf Olson wrote:
> I had a power drop here. Unfortunately, as some others have pointed out, 
> the UPS doesn't always have enough juice to make it through a shutdown, 
> especially since shutdown's not automatic. PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS 
> THREAD, with suggestions about how to make auto shutdown work.  I will 
> ask the question later, about auto shutdown while on a UPS, I need to 
> ask the bigger question:
> 
> How do I recover? I have several holes in the recovered disk, 
> specifically, XFree86 is hosed, so no X. I can, of course, boot from the 
> CD and completely reinstall, but that appears to include repartitioning, 
> which will destroy everything. I don't want stuff destroyed. Also, it 
> appears that samba isn't working, wither, so I can't go to other 
> machines in my network and pull my data off so I can then reinstall the 
> whole thing.
> 
> I thought I once saw a posting here about booting to a recovery CD, but 
> I can't find that in the archives. Also, the only disk of the 6 I got 
> with YDL 3.0.1 is the installation CD and it wants to go directly to 
> installation.
> 
> I can boot to console only - no X, so I can run yum and the like, but 
> there isn't any command like "yum 
> reinstallEverythingThatIsMissingFromTheOriginalInstall" so I am really 
> not certain how to go about fixing it all.
> 
> Of course, backup procedures seem to be a good preventative measure. I 
> will work on that for the future and will probably post a few questions 
> along that line, too. PLEASE don't reply to this post with backup 
> solutions. Start a new thread if you plan on giving advice about that, 
> as it makes the searches go a bit easier, when looking for things in the 
> archive.
> 
> I have a G3 B&W, with 256Mb RAM, a 20 Gb drive and the stock video.
> 
> Thanks for any assistance.
> 
> Olaf
> 
> 
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