On Fri, Jun 22, 2007 at 09:47:06PM +0000, j j wrote: > > On 6/20/07, Karl E. Jorgensen <karl@jorgensen.org.uk> wrote: > > 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 > > I usually use /mnt or media directories. No offense taken, you are making a > point. But /proc directory is empty. weird! > > well, the biggest problem was my system wouldn't finish boot. boot ing > proccess would hang around inittab error. I used a livecd to look around and > discovered no /etc. Sounds like a bad case of filesystem corruption - you might find something in /lost+found. What filesystem type is it? ext2/3 , reiser, xfs ? -- Karl E. Jorgensen karl@jorgensen.org.uk http://www.jorgensen.org.uk/ karl@jorgensen.com http://karl.jorgensen.com ==== Today's fortune: To refuse praise is to seek praise twice.
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