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Post #307,246 by Another Scott 4/12/09 10:06:52 PM Reply	That's rough. I think what I'd try to do in that situation is remove the drive from that PC and use an IDE/SATA to USB converter to connect it to another PC. Then use fsck and ddrescue or similar tools to try to repair it and/or get the important information off it. Then you could take your time in deciding what to do about the temperamental hardware. Good luck! Cheers, Scott.
Post #307,247 by static 4/12/09 10:15:28 PM Reply	Step 1. Buy another PC. :-/ Well, it still boots to Windows off the other hard drive, so I'll go back to that. Wade. "Ah -- I take it the doorbell doesn't work?"

Grr. A linux problem that is irritating. - (static) - (12) - April 12, 2009, 03:34:53 AM EDT

Can you boot it from a SysRescCD? - (Another Scott) - (5) - April 12, 2009, 11:04:34 AM EDT

The optical drive has other issues... - (static) - (4) - April 12, 2009, 07:30:18 PM EDT

Will it boot from USB? - (Another Scott) - (3) - April 12, 2009, 07:50:25 PM EDT

I rather doubt it. - (static) - (2) - April 12, 2009, 08:03:58 PM EDT

That's rough. - (Another Scott) - (1) - April 12, 2009, 10:06:52 PM EDT

Step 1. - (static) - April 12, 2009, 10:15:28 PM EDT

go in the shell to /etc/rc directory - (boxley) - April 12, 2009, 11:10:13 AM EDT

Re: Grr. A linux problem that is irritating. - (folkert) - (4) - April 12, 2009, 11:46:27 AM EDT

I tried looking for that file. - (static) - (3) - April 12, 2009, 07:32:47 PM EDT

well quite often the rc files are symlinks to /etc/init.d -NT - (boxley) - (1) - April 12, 2009, 08:29:12 PM EDT

Yes, I know that. - (static) - April 12, 2009, 09:52:49 PM EDT

Try /etc/inittab - (scoenye) - April 14, 2009, 10:57:46 PM EDT

Bondi blue. And all that implies.
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