[wellylug] File recovery after a crash.

[Xav Paice]

----- "MDM Productions" <thefrasers at clear.net.nz> wrote:

> Xav Paice wrote:
> > ----- "MDM Productions" <thefrasers at clear.net.nz> wrote:
> >
> >
> >   
> >>>   
> >>>       
> >> Aha! Ran vi /etc/fstab again, and for hda6 the UUID has gone. Now
> it
> >> reads..
> >>  /dev/hda6 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
> >> none /proc proc defaults 0 0
> >>
> >> I screwed up, didn't I.
> >>
> >>     
> >
> > I'm guessing you still have entries for /, /boot, etc?  If not
> you'll need to put them back... but the /dev/hda6 line looks OK.
> >
> > Can you mount /dev/hda6 /home?  Or does it just die?
> >
> >
> >   
> Xav: All the other drives are there, and all have UUID's except for 
> hda6.  Will that be restored automagically once we get the show on the
> road?
> 

No - the UUID won't be restored in fstab, but that shouldn't matter at all.  If you can mount /dev/hda6 OK, then if it's in fstab as /dev/hda6, when you boot it should mount up OK under /home and away you go.  That being said, there must be a reason that the UUID got fruity in the first place so it would be wise to take a full backup asap.