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Re: /etc is gone



On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 08:54:30PM -0400, j j wrote:
> Hello
> 
> I have been have trouble with my debian box(64 studio).  i just discovered that
> /etc directory is missing.  I dont think i deleted it, but it seems that I must
> have.

Perhaps not.

Things to look at:

- you haven't mounted something on /etc, have you? Although insanely 
  stupid, pls don't be offended. When weird things happen, it's time to 
  be insanely paranoid... (/proc/mounts should tell)

- You haven't chroot'ed yourself, have you? (I know. Paranoia...)

- Anything in the system logs? (things like re-mounting read-only or 
  filesystem corruption would be very interesting...)

I am surprised that you don't mention any other problems - if /etc/ was 
really really gone, I'd expect loads of other problems.  Hence the 
somewhat paranoid checks...

Hope this helps
-- 
Karl E. Jorgensen
karl@jorgensen.org.uk  http://www.jorgensen.org.uk/
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