How to do backups to an external disk inside emergency mode

[Eddie G. O'Connor Jr.]

On 01/27/2013 05:21 PM, Paul Smith wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 10:14 PM, Joe Zeff <joe at zeff.us> wrote:
>>> Actually, I am not so sure that my hard disk is corrupted. I have just
>>> filed the following bug report:
>>>
>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=904853
>>
>> What happens when you boot from a LiveCD?  Does the hard drive mount? If so,
>> are you able to read the files on it?  If you are, that means that the drive
>> itself is probably not the problem.  Give it a test and add a comment to the
>> bug giving the results because it will save time and effort for whoever
>> looks at it.  (If nothing else, they won't have to ask you for that info and
>> wait for a response.)
> Thanks, Joe. Indeed, I can access to my home directory from inside the
> live CD environment, and I am copying my files to my external disk
> with no problem.
>
> I am going to add this comment to the bug report.
>
> Paul
So then....my question was "valid"?....LoL!


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