Re: [cobalt-users] Re: cobalt-users digest, Vol 1 #6525 - 4

[Sergio Najera <sergion@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I tried putting the drive into another Linux system, but I couldn't 
figure out how to mount it.
I was using a Redhat 7.1 system,
I'll try again on a Redhat 9 system and hope that works.

Can anyone tell me how I'd go about mounting the Cobalt drive? What 
commands?

Thanks.
-Sergio



On Nov 27, 2003, at 1:18 PM, Dan Houghton wrote:

> Missing /var directory or full /var directory is a common cause for 
> login problems. You can avoid having to OS restore though. You need to 
> take out the Cobalt hard-disk and mount it in another generic Linux 
> system (e.g. a box with standard Red Hat linux and the appropriate IDE 
> cables). Mount the Cobalt disk then either clear out the /var 
> directory (if it's full) or create a new /var directory structure with 
> correct directory/file permissions (if it's missing).
>
> Then put the Cobalt disk back into the Cobalt server and you should 
> get access again.
>
> While the Cobalt disk is mounted in another Linux server you can also 
> manually edit the password file to paste in a new encrypted password 
> that you've generated somewhere else. I would advise staying away from 
> doing this if you're not comfortable with editing password files 
> though.
>
>         Dan