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[James Miller <jamtat AT mailsnare.net>]

Sorry to hear about your plight, Ron.  This is just a quick reply since I 
have to run, but I'll try and revisit this thread later in the day if no 
other helpful advice has been offered.  I faced a somewhat similar 
situation recently, but not similar enough to be of direct help to you. 
I lost a very important file (auto-deleted by the system [Debian] on 
reboot since I have mistakenly put the file in the /tmp directory).  This 
won't be much help because it was a reiserfs filesystem.  In the end I was 
able to recover the file, though I hosed the rest of the installation in 
the process.  I did run across info on undeleting ext2fs files/dirs as I 
researched how to recover my file, though.  Once I get back home I'll 
check to see if anyone else has offered help on your problem and will 
perhaps add to that what I learned about ext2fs recovery during my 
research.  Hope yu're able to resurrect your data.

James

On Mon, 1 May 2006, Ron Clarke wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
>    I am in real strife !  It doesn't help that it was my own fault.
> I have deleted, yes deleted, the directory /home in my main BL2
> installation.
>    This is the directory that contains all the email records for the
> last couple of years, all my setup info for my domails (including
> passwords and stuff), ad all the documnts I have downloaded for my
> business.
>   In other words, I am facing the unthinkable.
>
>   I am avoiding booting into that installation, but I can get to it
> from other BL3 and SW9.1 distros on other partitions.  I have read and
> re-read the HOWTOs on undeleting on an ext2 file system, and I am still
> none the wiser, well, not much wiser.
>
>  Has anybody else recovered from such a disaster ?
>
> Regards in anguish,
>                     Ron
>
>
> Ron Clarke
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