On 09/07/2010 11:02 AM, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <eduardo@kalinowski.com.br> writes:Again, where you run the program is essentially irrelevant - what matters is where files are written to. If the program writes to the current directory, then you must cd elsewhere, but if not, you could run from a directory in hda6 and just tell it to store files under /mnt/hda8.If so, then why to run a live CD? Isn't it much more simple doing as above?
It's simpler (and subjectively seems safer), especially for newbies. It's also more general: if the partition from where files were deleted contains only /home or other non-essential directories, it is possible to run recovery from the running system (the partition only needs to be unmounted), but if the partitions holds /, /var, etc, then it is hard (or impossible) to unmount (or even mount read-only) the partition, and some external system is necessary.
-- memo, n.: An interoffice communication too often written more for the benefit of the person who sends it than the person who receives it. Eduardo M KALINOWSKI eduardo@kalinowski.com.br