problem in booting

[kamranhameed]

folks i am running opensuse 10.3. when i start it, it gives me the command mode saying

<b>Could not find the device /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_FUJITSU_MHV2100NW9YT6AZEHKP-part 8. </b>

and then gives me a terminal.. the problem i think is that this device which is actually my Windows Drive is corrupted.

i tried to run <b><i>fsck</i></b> but it gives me error

<b>Could'nt open /etc/fstab:No Such File or directory</b>

i tried to run it with some device like

fsck.ext3 /dev

but then i /dev, there is no /disk directory or sda directory..

I have very important data in /home and /windows and i must recover it.. can any one tell me what is the soultion and how can i recover this..


Plz remember that i have got dual boot PC with XP...

Regards!

[Jonathan183]

You need to be careful using fsck ... if you run it on a mounted file system it can cause real problems !

If you have a live CD to boot from use that ... boot from the live CD, open a terminal and type

su -
fdisk -l

or

sudo fdisk -l

and post the output here.

Also can you give us more information about the Windows install ... are you able to boot Windows?

Ed: if you don't have a live CD then it would be good if you could obtain one ...
Ubuntu, openSUSE, Puppy, DSL, Partedmagic etc will all do for this task ... PartedMagic is one of the quickest downloads