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Old 10-02-2013, 07:07 AM   #1
KevinC33
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Help ! Lost my home folder so cant boot up.

Dear friends while doing some study for my Linux class i accidentally moved my folder "kev" home/kev out of the home folder.

Is there a way i can start Linux in command line mode as root user and move my folder back to were it belongs.

I really dont want to re-install and lose all my stuff.

Please help.
 
Old 10-02-2013, 07:16 AM   #2
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either liveCD , or choose the recovery mode in grub

or, assuming root has a password,
get console ( Ctrl+Alt+F1 ), and login as root
Last edited by Firerat; 10-02-2013 at 07:18 AM.
 
Old 10-02-2013, 08:24 AM   #3
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Thanks for the quick reply I will try that thanks friend.
 
  


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