Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 12:32:43 -0800 From: Doug Barton <Doug@gorean.org> To: Morten-Christian Bernson <freebsd-questions@mortencb.cx> Cc: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida@ceid.upatras.gr>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: .. /var/log/mqueue low on space msgs Message-ID: <38D5396B.2502A81C@gorean.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0003191449010.151-100000@pc.mortencb.cx>
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Morten-Christian Bernson wrote:
> I don`t believe I had anything important in /var, but I can`t boot without
> the /var dir set up properly, so my question is... How do I restore my
> /var dir? I have no backup (stupid me I guess).
>
> I think I will backup before following any usefull tips and tricks here
> later.
A) ALWAYS have good backups before doing any system administration
tasks. No one should need to remind you about that.
B) You can use mergemaster to generate a virginal /var directory. Just
do 'mergemaster -v -t /tmp/temproot' then after the directories are
created hit Ctrl-C, go to /tmp/temproot and 'cp -rP var /'. This his
assuming that you have properly set up your symlink from /usr/var to
/var.
Good luck,
Doug
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