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But I Can't Save My Files!

First of all, don't assume that not being able to save your files means that you've lost your fileserver. Make sure that this is the problem.

If it is the case, you can still save your files. You just need to save them somewhere else. In emacs, the command C-x C-w will present you with a pathname, and will ask you to type in the name of the file you want to save to. Delete all of the pathname that it gives you, and type /usr/tmp/ filename. In EZ, simply choose the Save As option. You have now saved your file in a temporary file on the hard drive of your workstation. This file may hang around for up to three days. You can mail it to yourself, with the command

/bin/mail username < filename

DON'T INCORPORATE IT NOW. WAIT UNTIL YOU HAVE YOUR HOME DIRECTORY BACK.

Now, disaster averted, you can wait for the fileserver to come back up, or you can come back later. While the server is down, you will not be able to access any of your files.