Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2009 13:12:55 -0600 From: Joshua Gimer <jgimer@gmail.com> To: Mark Stosberg <mark@summersault.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Recovering loss of /var/db/pkg ? Message-ID: <cf939bff0904091212q68fa188as88f25743f0a14146@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20090408142932.695c07ce@summersault.com> References: <20090408142932.695c07ce@summersault.com>
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You could try to recover the file from the disk if it has not been reallocated using something like The Sleuth Kit: http://www.sleuthkit.org/ You can use fls to find the location of the file on the disk and then icat to recover. On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Mark Stosberg <mark@summersault.com> wrote= : > > I'll just say it plainly: > > /var/db/pkg is long gone and there is no backup. It was not copied to > new a machine. > > Is there is any hope of being able to use the ports or packages system in= a > meangingful way again? > > My sense is that some recovery is possible, but may be prohibitively expe= nsive. > > Thanks for any tips! > > =A0 Mark > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" > --=20 Thx Joshua Gimer
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