Re: Booting to rescue mode, but no /mnt/sysimage

On 2008-02-27, Kenneth Holter <kenneho.ndu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I did let the rescue OS go hunting for Linux installation, but it was
unsuccessful. So instead of getting the expected /mnt/sysimage (which
I got earlier, before I thrashed the installasjon) I got /mnt/runtime.
I agree with mr. Giwer (the post before yours) that /mnt/runtime seems
to be the files found on the CD.

Do you known which files on the Linux installation is required for
rescue mode to mount the it? In other words: Which files are important
enough so that if these files are lost I have to do a fresh install?

Why worry about rescue mode finding the partition? Why not mount it
manually? (one time I had created a directory with some files I wanted
to put in / - so I had to be root and meant to type

mv mydir/* /

That's what I told my fingers to type. Naughty fingers.

mv /* mydir

No /usr/bin any more! (of course I did have mydir/usr).
No /root! No /lost+found.

Rescue mode could not find an installed Linux (home version,
at that time RH7.2).

So, I booted with Knoppix, mounted things and moved them back
where they belonged.
.