Linux question

phatbear

Chaps following on from my recent post about Vista being unable to load thanks to a poster im trying to use a linux systemrescue cd, however I have stumbled across a problem. The walkthrough im following is this:

1. Boot the SystemRescueCD disc, answering any localization questions as required, until you get to a shell prompt.
2. Mount your hard drive at /mnt/windows using ntfs-3g, e.g. "ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/windows". You may have to "ls /dev/hd*" or "ls /dev/sd*" or "fdisk -l" to figure out the correct device to mount. If you are using a RAID device for your root file system, run "dmraid -ay" to attempt to mount all available RAID file systems, then "ls /dev/mapper" and look for your device. Also, if the NTFS file system is corrupted (which it probably is if you are reading this post) you may have to add the "-o force" flag to the mount, e.g. "ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/windows -o force".
3. Verify that you have the correct file system mounted by "ls /mnt/windows". You should see the content of "C:" or whatever is your boot drive in Windows... if you don't, repeat Step 2 until you mount the correct device.
4. Navigate to the first hidden folder: "cd /mnt/windows/\$Extend". Note the backslash before the $; that is important as it keeps the command shell from interpreting the $ (it is really part of the file name).
5. Navigate to the second hidden folder: type "cd \$RmMetadata". Once again, note that the $ is escaped with a backslash.
6. Type "ls". Among the files/folders listed you should see "$TxfLog".
7. Take a deep breath and recursively remove the $TxfLog file: "rm -rf \$TxfLog". Once again, note that the $ is escaped with a backslash.
8. Use "ls" to verify that it has been deleted. (You should see the same listing as in Step 6 except the $TxfLog folder is now missing.)
9. "cd /", "umount /mnt/windows", and "init 6" to reboot, removing the CD when appropriate.

So far ive loaded the disc and got to a point where it says

[EMAIL="root@sysresccd"]root@sysresccd[/EMAIL] / root

to which ive typed ls /dev/sd*

which has come up with

/dev/sda/ dev/sda1 etc etc
[EMAIL="root@sysresccd"]root@sysresccd[/EMAIL] / root

so ive tried to enter

cd / mnt/windows/\$Extend

however this causes problems as when I push \ it comes up with <

this is seriously starting to do my bonce in so someone please help before i get the serious hump

all the best

the bear

phatbear

s'ok sorted it now

all the best

the bear

Paul_Herring

cd / mnt/windows/\$Extend

There's one too many spaces in that:

cd /mnt/windows/\$Extend

however this causes problems as when I push \ it comes up with <

For anyone coming across this later: this is a localisation issue (from the questions you're asked at boot) - you're using a UK keyboard with a US mapping. Try the key next to the return key (#/~) for \ and |

(@ and " will also be swapped, shift 3 produces #, and there's no easy way of getting a £.)