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Re: [LUG] Almost there



On Saturday 26 Jul 2003 10:02 am, gemma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Posted by "Gemma Peter" <gemma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Now I have another problem (sorry) although I can get into the file system
> now and navigate it. I can't "mount" a floppy disk because access is denied
> to /bin/mount. Any suggestions?

Is that the only file in /bin that you cannot execute? You had problems with a 
lot of other files, so just check the permissions on /bin/mount. Should be:
-rwsr-xr-x    1 root     root

The s allows ordinary users to execute mount (although what can be done 
depends on the settings in /etc/fstab

> I think I'll totally wipe my HDD and reinstall everything once I've
> retrieved my files. I was thinking of killing windows and using Wine
> instead. Does anyone use it on a regular basis? Is it any good?

Which Windows programs are you looking to use? I've had good results with 
various windows programs but I have yet to get a Windows program to print 
under Wine - I think it's a configuration problem on my machine. Other than 
that, the only problem I have had with Wine is that TaxCalc can't seem to 
access the internet via Wine. Having said that, it couldn't login to the 
Government Gateway using Windows until I connected via a modem instead of the 
ISDN router - looks like a firewall issue. Under Wine, TaxCalc couldn't see 
the internet at all, under Windows it could look for updates but not File By 
Internet. I had to file early but I will pursue TaxCalc under Wine and get 
both the printing and internet filing sorted later. I want to get rid of the 
FAT partition by the time I file the next return. 

Make sure you get a really up-to-date snapshot of Wine. Mandrake 9.1 has a 
broken RPM and I used a snapshot from Linux Format magazine DVD : Wine 
20030408.

> What files do I need to retrieve my account setup and mail from Mozilla?

Your userID directory will have a different name. (I don't use Mozilla Mail on 
Mdk91 so there are some files missing from this listing that you'd need.)

[neil@xxxxx neil]$ ls -a .mozilla/default/gy7o920q.slt/
./              Cache/        downloads.rdf   panels.rdf  URL.tbl
../             cert8.db      history.dat     prefs.bak   XUL.mfasl
55856326.s      chrome/       key3.db         prefs.js
55856326.w      cookies.txt   localstore.rdf  search.rdf
bookmarks.html  cookperm.txt  mimeTypes.rdf   secmod.db

An older installation of mozilla (Mdk8) did have Mail configured:

[neil@xxxxx mdk8]$ ls home/neil/.mozilla/default/y56z4fwf.slt/
6094544.s       Cache/       cookperm.txt  localstore.rdf  panels.rdf   
URL.tbl
6094544.w       cert7.db     history.dat   Mail/           prefs.js     US/
abook.mab       chrome/      history.mab   mimeTypes.rdf   search.rdf*
bookmarks.html  cookies.txt  key3.db       panacea.dat     secmod.db

So it looks like everything within Mail/ is all you'll need for Mozilla Mail.

Omit Cache/ and there's nothing in chrome/ that you can't restore from within 
Mozilla. history.dat probably isn't worth bothering about, nor cookies.txt. 
mimeTypes.rdf again should be recreated by Mozilla anyway.

prefs.js and possibly bookmarks.html are the important ones for the browser 
itself.

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