Now Im *really* mad :(

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 08:12:13PM +0200, Emil Oppeln-Bronikowski wrote:

>  It never happed before. And Im using Linux from quite time. 
> 
>  Because Im still moving from Slackware to Ubuntu (I've failed to
> install Ubuntu on my laptop, but this story will go to dev ML, because
> I have some doubts about Ubuntu kernel;-), Im moving stuff from
> Slackware disk (15gb IBM, 3 partitions in ReiserFS, 1 in vfat) to
> Ubuntu disk (80Gb Seagate, 3 partition in ReiserFS).
> 
>  Everything was quite ok. I've booted Slackware (or, it booted by
> himself, because IBM's drive is still first to boot), login as root,
> and mount disk where my /home lives. I moved some important stuff and
> rebooted. GDM with cute human-art popup and I've passed my
> login/password. GDM response was: Sorry, there's no /home/emil --
> would you like assume that / is your home? WTF? I switched consoles,
> and GMD didn't lie. My /home/emil was gone. I have no idea why this
> thing happend. I've been using ReiserFS since 6 months and never
> noticed something that misterious. It's more a warning post, rather
> than rant on Ubuntu or Slackware. :-)

Sounsd like you perhaps moved it unintentionally, or perhaps mounted the
wrong partition.  Please don't blame the kernel unless you find some
evidence in that direction.

-- 
 - mdz