On 15.08.04,23:23, Doug McGarrett wrote:
Hello from Windows XP--
I was trying to open either the /media/dvd or the /media/cdrecorder from su root so as I could load the old WordPerfect 8 from a few years ago.
(See recent posts from me as to modern WordPerfect.)
I went to the system window, or whatever you call the window that lets you type in commands directly. I did su root and typed in my password.
I sent "mount /media/dvd" with the disk in the drive, and then tried to access it. "Media not found" Then I tried the same thing from the /CDRecorder with the same result. I tried umounting, and remounting with the same result. When I tried to access the drives via the "My Computer" icon, it said that it could not access the drives, or words to that effect. I went back to root, and tried to umount the dvd and it said that multiple mounts were in effect. No idea how to get out of that. Finally, I powered off the machine, using the green head at the lower left.
I tried to reboot, and the first time, it came up with "Starting Name Service Cache Daemon done" and it hung
So I tried the failsafe boot, and got as far as "starting CRON daemon done" and it hung
I now have no way to get back to the Linux stuff. I don't know why I couldn't read the CD, and I certainly don't know what to do next.
I would like to save the files I've downloaded to KMail "saved mails" and a few others, if there is a way to do it. I realize that you can't read KMail files without KMail, so I will have to get some kind of KDE system working, somewhere.
Should I just give up on this and go back to 8.0? (Assuming I can still locate the disks?) And how to save the stuff?
You can try to boot the original install media (CD 1 or DVD 1) and
select Installation, then choose the language and Keyboard and wait for
the next screen. Then Select REPAIR INSTALLED SYSTEM.
- Jostein
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Jostein Berntsen