on Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 04:14:16PM -0300, Miguel Griffa (mgriffa@technisys.com.ar) wrote: > > At 11:21 a.m. 26/07/01 -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > >on Tue, Jul 24, 2001 at 10:37:36AM -0300, Miguel Griffa > >(mgriffa@technisys.com.ar) wrote: > > > > > > Hi all, > > > I'm having a serious problem with my woody installation at > > > home. The system freezed, and when I rebooted, fsck reported > > > problems. <...> > > > The question: > > > Is there any way I could reinstall programs without reconfiguration? > > > > From your system backups. You have system backups, right? > > not system but data and some cfg (X, specially)... > I'm thinking that I'll better reinstall... See the backup suggestions in the webpage previously cited. With your local data (/home, /usr/local), configuration data (/etc), package lists, and a few other odd parts, you should be able to get back on your feet much more quickly than by having to roll everything back by hand from a fresh reinstall. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org Are these opinions my employer's? Hah! I don't believe them myself!
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