Re[2]: Debian installation - list of things that make it hard
Peter Allen <P.Allen@pallen.dabsol.co.uk> wrote:
> My box has even survived an incredible big mistake I just made.
> I was running as root, in /usr
> Instead of typing rm -r gimp* I typed rm -r *
> Thank goodness star office is big enough to get in the way of anything
> important being deleted before I realised my mistake.
Yup. Only the other night I found I had a ~/etc directory left over from
a bungled install of some app or other, so, distracted by a telephone
call, I did su root, then, wait for it, rm -R /etc - I went hot when I
realised what was happening.
Fortunately, I had a backup of my /etc directory which was pre-potato
and a few weeks old, so I reinstated it then went to
/var/cache/apt/archive and did dpkg -i *.deb. Not very elegant, but
after a few blips and tinkering I got a working /etc directory with
everything where it should be.
Phew!!
--
Phillip Deackes
gsmh@gmx.net
Debian Linux (Potato)
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