mikeb wrote:I believe we established you had a full install so the fsck on the partition and that added script are what you need

mike

Okay when durning the install should I do that? And what exactly do i type in?

Yorkie - i'm running puppy 4.20. I don't know it the changes what you've told me to try. rcrsm - I'm not sure if it's frugal or not. I just put the disk in and follow the prompt. Oak - No i didn't have the usb flash drive in, that way just what I was getting ready to do. I've had a problem with los...

Okay so I was moving my laptop and the cord snagged & unplugged from it while I was working on it. So improper shutdown. I know what to do for that but when i turned the laptop back on it wouldn't start up properly. It starts up kinda normal. It goes to the puppy screen then after that it runs t...

I need to take my computer back to another date, if possible. I've sold this laptop with puppy 4.20 and need to remove all my info since using it. Is there an easy way without having to do it one thing at a time?
Thanks for your time.

mikeb wrote:

as I recall, you told fsck to skip that file,

hmmm...trashed but recovered files get put in 'lost+found'

mike

Nope not there either.

I think it is a loss cause now. I was able to get the file open but it was nothing I could even use. And I've already racked my brain for anything that I might have wrote. And I got a lot of it. Now I just have to re type it all tonight. I'm pretty sure I can get it done in time! Sorry to hear that...

What's it like being a damsel in distress? It was fun because I have two brave knights to lead me away from the dragon. Thanks for everything Mike & Retro! I learned a lot about this...Thanks again! Kisses for both! Especially you Mike, who I've rattled for two almost three days trying to get t...

Ok ..you have an installation with a checked file system that has not improved with a file system check... hmm not looking good :( its heading into bum head land ... running out of suggestions so file still there but unable to open mike yes! thanks for helping. I guess I'll figure it out. I do have...

Ok ..you have an installation with a checked file system that has not improved with a file system check... hmm not looking good :( its heading into bum head land ... running out of suggestions so file still there but unable to open mike yes! thanks for helping. I guess I'll figure it out. I do have...

it didn't work
-Nicole

okay now do I leave the CD in? and reboot with it?
-Nicole

mikeb wrote:Oh this forum is off its furry head...

but it looks like the file system check went ok...have you tried rebooting as normal and seeing if you can get the file

mike

no... If I am promted which should I choose, save to file, save to CD or do not save? Just in case.

Thats what i did....it was labled console

Okay now question before I go into the console/terminal.....I get promted to either save to file, save to disk or do not save.... which do I choose? On the shutdown after "fsck" completes? You shouldn't need to save that. Or is fsck asking you questions? Did fsck appear to repair the syst...

RetroTechGuy wrote:

You are subliminally learning loads here Smile

singing helps....

..and beer...

Beer sucks and I can't sing... so what do I do? LOL

When I don't boot from the CD I can find the file that ends with .abw but I can't open it. However when I do boot with the CD I can't find it at all. Ok. Full install, probable FS corruption. Boot from your CD. Hit F2 quickly after you see the command prompt. type: puppy pfix=ram Answer all of the ...

@RetroTechGuy the abw file cannot be loaded..ie there is file system corruption. And it appears this is a full install. Ahhh... Thanks. It wasn't completely clear through the thread Though it wasn't clear that the abw file could even be found... (or perhaps abiword was corrupted...) When I don't bo...

When you boot from the cd are you saying that what comes up as sda1 , comes up as hda1 ......ie still with the same lib, bin etc folders...the disc may be a retro version. If so fsck /dev/hda1 and umount /mnt/hda1 if needed. mike @RetroTechGuy the abw file cannot be loaded..ie there is file system ...

No, I'm not using windows xp too. I'm just used to using it on the desttop & the other laptop in the house. OK, somewhere I thought that I had picked up that you were running puppy from CD, on a laptop with an existing operating system (I thought I saw XP, but that may have been another poster....

You iz all to fast for me. Confuses me now hard drives and flash drives use the same letter. Ok its number 1.....odd that says cannot be unmounted when from cd (with pfix=ram)...anyway In that terminal umount /mnt/sda1 should unmount it anyway....if not then something is using it ..hmm. fsck /dev/s...