I am considering changing my server from Ubuntu to Centos. I have been tinkering with a box that will eventually become a new server. I am having a problem. This box has two ide drives. Originally I had a Ubuntu desktop installed on hda and then added a Centos server installed on hdb. I wanted to try a different server configuration without overwriting the current install on hdb. With the server on hdb running, I mounted hda and copied some important files from the Ubuntu drive to the Centos drive. I installed a another instance of centos on hda and everything worked fine. With the hda install running, I have attempted to mount hdb so that I can retrieve my files. The problem I have is that when I mount the drive I am taken to the boot directory on hdb and cannot navigate to the directory that holds my files. How do I get access to the rest of the drive? Thanks Lance Earl
On 1/27/07, Lance Earl <lance at dallypost.com> wrote:> I am considering changing my server from Ubuntu to Centos. I have been > tinkering with a box that will eventually become a new server. I am > having a problem. > > This box has two ide drives. Originally I had a Ubuntu desktop installed > on hda and then added a Centos server installed on hdb. I wanted to try > a different server configuration without overwriting the current install > on hdb. With the server on hdb running, I mounted hda and copied some > important files from the Ubuntu drive to the Centos drive. > > I installed a another instance of centos on hda and everything worked > fine. With the hda install running, I have attempted to mount hdb so > that I can retrieve my files. The problem I have is that when I mount > the drive I am taken to the boot directory on hdb and cannot navigate to > the directory that holds my files.Earl, Could you give more info please? Maybe you are mounting the wrong partition or something on hdb? What's your partition table like on hdb? Thanks, Rakhesh
Lance Earl wrote:> I am considering changing my server from Ubuntu to Centos. I have been > tinkering with a box that will eventually become a new server. I am > having a problem. > > This box has two ide drives. Originally I had a Ubuntu desktop installed > on hda and then added a Centos server installed on hdb. I wanted to try > a different server configuration without overwriting the current install > on hdb. With the server on hdb running, I mounted hda and copied some > important files from the Ubuntu drive to the Centos drive. > > I installed a another instance of centos on hda and everything worked > fine. With the hda install running, I have attempted to mount hdb so > that I can retrieve my files. The problem I have is that when I mount > the drive I am taken to the boot directory on hdb and cannot navigate to > the directory that holds my files. > > How do I get access to the rest of the drive?Mount the other partition:-) -- Cheers John -- spambait 1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Z1aaaaaaa at coco.merseine.nu Please do not reply off-list