On Tuesday 13 December 2005 15:14, B Stia wrote:
Hello SuSE people.
Welllll.....I went and did it - screwed up again. Trying to gain a little disk space, I went in and deleted a partition that I wasn't using very much. Of course that changed drive numbers (which I didn't realize until now), and moved /var up to the next drive number, and I failed to go in an edit fstab. Of course the next time I booted Suse failed because of the change.
Sooo... Then I booted the DVD and went into the "repair system" and it offered to change my configuration. I accepted that and it changed /var to whatever--- I don't know. Certainly didn't help and/or made it worse.
So since the "repair system" from the install directory didn't work, I then tried "rescue" but couldn't figure out the commands after the "rescue" prompt.. Even brought up "Vi", but couldn't access anything with it. I have all kinds of notes and procedures on how to do this kind of stuff in my e-mail archives but of course I cannont access it.
Running 9.2 with Amd 64. Really don't want to reinstall.
Somebody Please? help me get my system back?
Bob S.
I would try the repair system again, and see if the partition tool (`parted` behind the scenes) can recover the partition you originally deleted. This is sometimes possible, though I am not sure in what cases it will work. Failing that, you could try the automatic repair test/options. It will check all your packages, and help restore your software at least (with a new /var, if required), to a pristine condition. You would then have to redo any software upgrades/patches since 9.2. This would be relatively easy if you use apt4suse. Instead if vi, try `pico`. _If_ you have it installed (usually not a default), it is a _far_ easier and more intuitive console text editor that vi or emacs. It has nowhere near the features, but it is perfect to small jobs like quick edits and short scripts. From a shell, `parted` is the tool you need for partitioning. As I'm sure you now realize, never mess with your partition table unless you are prepared (willing and have backups of your data) to reinstall the OS. HTH Mark