looking for linux experts, part 2

[ted leslie]

if you can boot with a "Live"  DVD/CD  (even knoppix)
you should make sure you have a network connection,
and email your important files to a gmail account (that has GB's space)
and I assume you probably don't have anymore then 100MB so your
machine can chug away for some time and just put all that stuff to the gmail server.

with that nasty HD about to die, I wouldn't bet on having those files for to much longer,
so i would not do any unnecessary spining of that HD unless you know your plan is to get the
stuff off.
be nice if some one could get you a Suse(9.X/10.X) live DVD and you'd be rocking.
If you could get up and not in graphics mode but have just a network connect,
failing to use a mail client, I could provide you with a temporary FTP access
and you could ftp a tgz of everything you need so atleast its safe and sound.
Or maybe TLUG has a server that can give you a temp ftp account for this purpose.


-tl

On Mon, 28 Nov 2005 22:45:41 +0100 (MET)
"dominic bonfiglio" <dominicbonfiglio-Mmb7MZpHnFY at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> Hello, I am the poor soul with the hard drive problems. 
> 
> Taking the advice of a fellow (more experienced) list member, I am sending
> out a second message with some more detailed information about my problem
> and the kind of help I hope to get for it. 
> 
> THE PROBLEM:
> 
> I shutdown my computer normally on Friday night. On Saturday when I booted
> the computer everything seemed normal. I got to the graphic login mask and
> started my session, like usual. Then I noticed that the hard drive was
> making strange noises, as if it were stuck at some point. The KDE graphic
> interface wasn't loading--or at least so it seemed. After about five
> minutes, I realized that KDE *was* loading, but just at a snail's pace.
> After fifteen minutes, my desktop had appeared. Everything seemed normal,
> except when I saved or opened a file from the hard disk, at which point the
> strange noises would begin again and I would have to wait three or four
> times as long as usual for the loading and saving to take place. 
> 
> I called my Linux administrator consultant friend in Germany. He had me boot
> with the SuSe 9.3 DVD in rescue mode. He tried to do a reiserfsck
> --fix-fixable, etc. It didn't work so we tried to rebuild the tree. We found
> 30 bad blocks, saved them in a vi file, and rebuilt the tree again, this
> time skipping the bad blocks. It worked and the computer indicated that the
> dev/hda was without inconsistencies. But when I tried to boot normally, I
> was automatically put in a maintenance mode and there were once again
> unclean files and the dma was still off. So I called my friend and we tried
> to clean up the fsck.ext2, but we got a segmentation error. Now it will only
> boot from the SuSe disk. From the rescue mode, we determined that my data on
> the hda is still there and, apparently, undamaged. Now I need to get the
> data off, replace the hard disk, and put it back on.   
> 
> WHAT KIND OF HELP DO I NEED:
> I need somebody with an external hard drive to save my data and who can then
> help me partition a new hard disk and reinstall SuSe9.3 and my old data from
> the external hard drive. 
> 
> HOW FAST I NEED IT:  
> 
> The sooner the better, although I could hold out a week. 
> 
> WHERE I AM LOCATED, WHERE I WILL TRAVEL:
> 
> I live in central Toronto, but I am also willing to travel to whoever can
> help.
> 
> COMPENSATION
> I can offer compensation for someone with expertise. On the other hand, as a
> PhD student, I am also happy to encourage the goodwill ethos of the open
> source community. 
> 
> Thanks again to you all...
> Dominic
> 
>  
> 
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