RE: [SLE] Urgent! Need help!

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To: "'Ingolf Hosbach'" <Ingolf.Hosbach-2@ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 00:20:52 -0800

Thanks. Anders just pointed out I should have gone into the installation
option instead of the recovery option. I'm going to try that next.
Meanwhile, I've been trying to recover my Windows machine from a backup.
Since I did an out of the box re-installation of it, I had no device
drivers, so I couldn't get on my small network to get to the Windows backup
I did last night. Luckily, I have a usb device, so I copied to Windows
backup onto that and plugged it into my machine. I'm currently copying that
to my windows partition. Since it's USB, it takes 2 hours to copy. Once I
get that onto my desktop over there, I should be able to recover my Windows
system. Then, I'll go back and insert the Linux Installation CD and see if
I can VERY CAREFULLY find the option under that Anders mentions. THE VERY
LAST THING I WANT TO DO AT THIS POINT IS MESS UP MY LINUX PARTITION!! I
have a full Oracle Enterprise Edition 9.2.0.5.0 server on it. I do have a
full backup of that externally also, but I'd have to get that off of my
network. However, I could get if via ftp from my Linksys Ethernet storage
device, so I should be able to fully recover, even if I somehow mess up
getting my MBR back in place. However, I'd just as soon not have to go
through that, so I will definitely proceed very cautiously when I go in via
the SUSE diskette. I only did one Linux installation in my whole life,
which was when I put this system on my machine. I have ABSOLUTELY NO
EXPERIENCE doing what I'm about to try to do.

Yours truly,
Greg Wallace
-----Original Message-----
From: Ingolf Hosbach [mailto:Ingolf.Hosbach-2@ruhr-uni-bochum.de]
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 10:49 PM
To: Greg Wallace
Subject: Re: [SLE] Urgent! Need help!

You have to enter "root" and your passwort. But I donīt think you will
be happy after this. Because you will find your Linux without KDE.
Thatīs why I would prefer the "boot installed Linux"-selection. Itīs
much easier to work with kde.

Ingolf

Greg Wallace wrote:

> I just tried to use a tool called Partition Magic to resize my Windows
>partition down to allow more space for my Linux SWAP partition. This tool
>completely hosed my Windows partition. I had to completely re-install
>Windows (fortunately, I had a full backup for it that I made yesterday over
>on another Windows machine). Now, however, I can't get back into Linux!!!
>I put in the original installation CD and when the screen comes up, I
select
>RESCUE. Everything seems to be going ok, but I get to a place where I get
>the following prompt -
>
>Rescue login:
>
>I have no idea what to enter here. I tried using my regular user id and
>password, no luck. When I say root, it prompts me with -
>
>Rescue:` #
>
>I have no idea what this is asking me for. Any help greatly appreciated.
I
>have to go out for a couple of hours and will check for messages as soon as
>I return. I would think this is a pretty simple problem once you know the
>secret. I looked in my SUSE Administration guide and a Linux command
>handbook and couldn't find this in either. I am running 8.1 Professional.
>
>I will be out for a couple of hours. I'll check back then. Hopefully,
>someone out there can tell me how to get through this.
>
>Yours truly,
>Greg Wallace
>
>
>

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