RE: I cannot use Linux drive in CygWin

["Andrew Logue" <avlogue at home dot com>]

Try this:

-install the corrupted hard drive into your backup PC, assuming WIN32/FAT32
here...
-boot from a Linux emergency rescue diskette that has both FAT32 support and
your
Linux filesystem support in the kernel.  I've been using this neat little
one called
"Toms rbtb" or something like that.  Go to yahoo.com and search for "toms
boot linux disk".
-login as root and mount the FAT32 partition you are going to copy the data
to.
-attempt to mount your Linux partitions and copy away.  If the hard drive
isn't
corrupted too bad you might luck out and be able to recover some of that
data.

Andrew.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com [mailto:cygwin-owner@cygwin.com]On Behalf
> Of Maxim
> Sent: December 5, 2001 1:02 PM
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Subject: I cannot use Linux drive in CygWin
>
>
> Hello. I have this problem: Slackware Linux crash with very important
> files on hard drive. I think, this is hardware problem with boot
> sector. I can format HDD and reinstall Linux, but i lose all files on
> HDD. I want plug this HDD to other PC and copy all important data into
> other hard, and then format it. But I have only PC with Win98, and
> have no friends with Unix-type systems. I cannot install Linux on
> Win98 PCs (this is not my PCs).I know, that is program - NTFS for
> Windows 98(by WInternals, www.winternals.com). This program can read
> NTFS drives. But, maybe, somebody know program for reading Unix drives
> in Windows? Maybe, CygWin can do it? If yes, how?
>
>  Maxim                          mailto:4maxim@mail.lv
>
>
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