> I want to copy all the stuff in my home directory to my 'spare' partition
> before the reinstall and maybe a few other files I've changed.  However I
> in the lst couple weeks I've developed problems (file system errors maybe
> others related to having an unclean shutdown when Xwindows locked up tho
> so many attempts since them I dont really know what happened) so I cant
> get the 5.2 RH up to make the backup.
>
> Is anyone going to be around that can help me with rescuing my old file
> before reinstalling?  The upgrade box includes a floppy that may allow me
> boot from and copy the files tho I have not attempted it.  I'm a bit
> hesitant since I still dont feel too confident .

You probably need to run fsck. It shouldn't be too hard to recover your
/home/ dirs. Just give a holler at the installfest; there are a bunch of
people who can likely help you. I will if I hear the holler.

Andy
 
> Fred 


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