On Tuesday 08 June 2010 17:06:04 Hugo Mills wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 08, 2010 at 05:01:29PM +0100, Lisi wrote:
> > On Tuesday 08 June 2010 16:44:48 Hugo Mills wrote:
> > > > The only drive acknowledged by the BIOS, and therefore the one from
> > > > which it boots, is the 6GB one. Puppy calls that one sda1.
> > > >
> > > > So: that is file system, video card, and I/O on one of the IDE
> > > > drives.
> > >
> > > All of this merely points to the fact that the large hard disk has
> > > failed. Try replacing that.
> >
> > Thanks, Hugo! :-)
> >
> > I blanch slightly at telling Chihiro that. :-( The smaller hard drive (I
> > remembered it as slightly larger than that, but that is the size the BIOS
> > is telling me) only contains the system. The larger contains her
> > encrypted journal and a fair amount of data. :-(
>
> Repeat after me: Backups, backups, backups.
>
> Mind you, most people only need one such experience before they get
> the hint...
Yes, I know. Now if I had a pound for everytime I have told someone that....
And yes, I hope that Chihiro has now got the hint. (Mind you, I haven't got
an off-site backup. So perhaps I too haven't said the mantra often enough.)
Thanks again,
Lisi
