recovering trashed /var
I trashed my /var partition (doh!) and now the machine won't boot.
Now I really wish that packages would do something sensible when they
can't find what they're looking for in /var (be it a checkpoint file,
a directory to put logfiles in, or whatever). *sigh* Is there some
way I can reconstruct it? Failing that, can someone mail me a tar
file of the directories so that I've got a bootable system..?
tar zcvf - /var | uuencode var.tar.gz | mail robin.stephenson@blackwell.co.uk
Now unzipping someone else's /var hierarchy isn't going to provide a
complete solution. Can I get a list of what belongs in /var from the
packaging information..? As a relative newcomer to Debian I could do
with some hand-holding if this is indeed possible. Is a reinstall my
best option?
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Robin Stephenson
Heat Oven To 350°F
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