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RE: [PLUG] where do dey go?
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When not specifically over-ridden by a mount point (such as mounting
/dev/sda1 to /mount/dir), a directory will have its files under the root
directory /
Mount points are funny in that they are just directories. So when you
finally remounted the device to its mount point, the files on the device
supersede what was in the original directory.
To recover your files, unmount the device (umount /dev/sda1). Your
files should now be visible under /mount/dir. Move the files from
/mount/dir to some temporary location, and then remount your USB device.
You are now free to copy the files from your temporary location onto the
USB device.
-----Original Message-----
From: plug-bounces@lists.phillylinux.org
[mailto:plug-bounces@lists.phillylinux.org] On Behalf Of jeff
Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2007 7:07 PM
To: Philadelphia Linux User's Group Discussion List
Subject: [PLUG] where do dey go?
Apparently a USB hd `became unattached' yesterday. I copied some files
to it. When I fired up today, it was still unattached, but the files
appeared at the mount point. When I got it reattached, POOF, they were
gone.
Does this mean that they got copied to /mount/dir instead of /dev/sda1?
Where, physically, is /mount/dir when it's not attached to /dev/sda1?
If a man says something without his wife hearing it, is he still wrong?
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