Re: How to do backups to an external disk inside emergency mode

2013-01-29 Thread Tim
Tim: > > That's really not a good way to gauge it. Some time ago I swore of > > Western Digital drives, after having several drives die within a couple > > of years. Ed Greshko: > And then there are folks such has myself who have nearly swore off > Seagate drives for similar short life episodes b

Re: How to do backups to an external disk inside emergency mode

2013-01-29 Thread Ed Greshko
On 01/29/2013 05:50 PM, Tim wrote: > That's really not a good way to gauge it. Some time ago I swore of > Western Digital drives, after having several drives die within a couple > of years. And then there are folks such has myself who have nearly swore off Seagate drives for similar short life e

Re: How to do backups to an external disk inside emergency mode

2013-01-29 Thread Paul Smith
On Tue, Jan 29, 2013 at 9:50 AM, Tim wrote: > Allegedly, on or about 28 January 2013, Paul Smith sent: >> My computer is a branded one and only 2 years old -- so, it was hard >> to believe that its hard disk was dying or being corrupted. > > That's really not a good way to gauge it. Some time ago

Re: How to do backups to an external disk inside emergency mode

2013-01-29 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 28 January 2013, Paul Smith sent: > My computer is a branded one and only 2 years old -- so, it was hard > to believe that its hard disk was dying or being corrupted. That's really not a good way to gauge it. Some time ago I swore of Western Digital drives, after having se

Re: How to do backups to an external disk inside emergency mode

2013-01-28 Thread Paul Smith
On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 11:39 PM, Garry T. Williams wrote: >> Actually, I am not so sure that my hard disk is corrupted. I have just >> filed the following bug report: >> >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=904853 > > Then you should examine /var/log/audit/audit.log when you boot from >

Re: How to do backups to an external disk inside emergency mode

2013-01-27 Thread Garry T. Williams
On 1-27-13 21:56:03 Paul Smith wrote: > Actually, I am not so sure that my hard disk is corrupted. I have just > filed the following bug report: > > https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=904853 Then you should examine /var/log/audit/audit.log when you boot from the CD and include any releva

Re: How to do backups to an external disk inside emergency mode

2013-01-27 Thread Joe Zeff
On 01/27/2013 03:20 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: I believe what Joe meant was to run a SMART test and see if the drive is okay or not. You can run this test in parallel with other tasks, so you could keep the backup running while the drive tests itself for errors. As it happens, no. I was only conce

Re: How to do backups to an external disk inside emergency mode

2013-01-27 Thread Suvayu Ali
On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 10:21:11PM +, Paul Smith wrote: > On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 10:14 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > >> Actually, I am not so sure that my hard disk is corrupted. I have just > >> filed the following bug report: > >> > >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=904853 > > > > > >

Re: How to do backups to an external disk inside emergency mode

2013-01-27 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
On 01/27/2013 05:21 PM, Paul Smith wrote: On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 10:14 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: Actually, I am not so sure that my hard disk is corrupted. I have just filed the following bug report: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=904853 What happens when you boot from a LiveCD? Doe

Re: How to do backups to an external disk inside emergency mode

2013-01-27 Thread Paul Smith
On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 10:14 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: >> Actually, I am not so sure that my hard disk is corrupted. I have just >> filed the following bug report: >> >> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=904853 > > > What happens when you boot from a LiveCD? Does the hard drive mount? If so,

Re: How to do backups to an external disk inside emergency mode

2013-01-27 Thread Joe Zeff
On 01/27/2013 01:56 PM, Paul Smith wrote: Actually, I am not so sure that my hard disk is corrupted. I have just filed the following bug report: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=904853 What happens when you boot from a LiveCD? Does the hard drive mount? If so, are you able to read

Re: How to do backups to an external disk inside emergency mode

2013-01-27 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
On 01/27/2013 04:56 PM, Paul Smith wrote: On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 9:53 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: Well, if your hard disk is failing whatever backup you do might just be useless. After all backups are done *before* things fail :-p. I would suggest you try data recovery. For hints you can look her

Re: How to do backups to an external disk inside emergency mode

2013-01-27 Thread Paul Smith
On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 9:53 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: >> >Well, if your hard disk is failing whatever backup you do might just be >> >useless. After all backups are done *before* things fail :-p. >> > >> >I would suggest you try data recovery. For hints you can look here: >> > >> >

Re: How to do backups to an external disk inside emergency mode

2013-01-27 Thread Suvayu Ali
On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 04:47:52PM -0500, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote: > On 01/27/2013 04:35 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: > > > >Well, if your hard disk is failing whatever backup you do might just be > >useless. After all backups are done *before* things fail :-p. > > > >I would suggest you try data rec

Re: How to do backups to an external disk inside emergency mode

2013-01-27 Thread Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.
On 01/27/2013 04:35 PM, Suvayu Ali wrote: On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 08:37:31PM +, Paul Smith wrote: On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 6:55 PM, Paul Smith wrote: My hard disk seems to be corrupted, and my machine cannot boot. However, it can enter into emergency mode. I would like to mount my home dir

Re: How to do backups to an external disk inside emergency mode

2013-01-27 Thread Suvayu Ali
On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 08:37:31PM +, Paul Smith wrote: > On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 6:55 PM, Paul Smith wrote: > > My hard disk seems to be corrupted, and my machine cannot boot. > > However, it can enter into emergency mode. > > > > I would like to mount my home directory and also an external d

Re: How to do backups to an external disk inside emergency mode

2013-01-27 Thread Frédéric Bron
> I would like to mount my home directory and also an external disk to > do all necessary backups. How can I accomplish that? I think the best would be that you boot on a live CD if you have one (whatever version). Then you can just run a terminal as root and access all data, mount any USB disk an

Re: How to do backups to an external disk inside emergency mode

2013-01-27 Thread Paul Smith
On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 6:55 PM, Paul Smith wrote: > My hard disk seems to be corrupted, and my machine cannot boot. > However, it can enter into emergency mode. > > I would like to mount my home directory and also an external disk to > do all necessary backups. How can I accomplish that? Please,

How to do backups to an external disk inside emergency mode

2013-01-27 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All, My hard disk seems to be corrupted, and my machine cannot boot. However, it can enter into emergency mode. I would like to mount my home directory and also an external disk to do all necessary backups. How can I accomplish that? Thanks in advance, Paul -- users mailing list users@lis