Access to files

[ontariolta]

My server will not boot due to bad hard drive (I think). I have been able to boot from a recovery CD. Now I'd like to see if I can get my data files from the hard drive. I was using HDA from my laptop to save files directly.

How can I find my files?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[bigfoot65]

All files for Amahi are typically located in /var/hda/files/share folders (i.e. docs, movies, music, etc).

The user home directory is another location, /home/username (replace username with your user).

[ontariolta]

Thanks for this info. It appears that I must not be at the right place. "ls var" says locked and there is no "home" directory. I guess I am going to need a UNIX person to solve this one. I am sure your info will be useful to them. Thanks again.

[bigfoot65]

Did you do:

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ls /var/hda/files

or

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ls /home

This must be done on the HDA itself via SSH.

[ontariolta]

I am on the HDA though boot from a recovery CD. I entered your suggested commands but get "No such file or directory". I don't know enough to say if I am using SSH.

[bigfoot65]

I am on the HDA though boot from a recovery CD. I entered your suggested commands but get "No such file or directory". I don't know enough to say if I am using SSH.

Have you mounted the HDA drive? I would suggest you use a Live CD, such as Ubuntu. Then once you get it booted up, you can mount the HDA OS drive using the Disk Utility which is a GUI to mount/format drives.

Once you have it mounted, you should be able to use the File Manager in Ubuntu to access your files. As for copying them, might be easiest for you to copy to a USB drive if the files will fit. Guess you could burn a DVD as well.

Since your skill set is limited with Linux, you may need a professional. This is not simple stuff for most and if not careful you may lose data.

[ontariolta]

Thank you so much for your advice. I am now looking for professional assistance.

[bigfoot65]

Any luck on getting this resolved?