[Leaplist] Serious computer trouble here

[Phil Barnett]

On Thu, 2010-02-18 at 17:29 -0500, William Ferguson wrote:
> Thanks very much, Tom.
> 
> The machine is giving me trouble recognizing my root password.
> But I'll work on it.
> 
> Please permit me to ask this:
> 
> Two days before my problem began, I backed up all the data on the now
> "crippled" computer to an external hard drive.
> 
> What would happen if I did a NEW Install of Fedora 12. (The "crippled"
> machine runs Fedora 11.)
> 
> I would expect to lose all the data on the smaller hard drive which
> was functioning just fine
> prior to installing the new second hard drive.
> 
> If I did a fresh  install of Fedora 12 would the installation program recognize
>  the two hard drives and permit me to install partitions on both of them,
> ---curing my present problem?

Can you bring this machine to an installfest where we can sit down and
help you one on one?


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