Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 02:17:25 +0100 (BST) From: J McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> To: Marc Schneiders <marc@oldserver.demon.nl> Cc: RCC <rcc@unired.net.pe>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HELP !!! I've deleted /var !!! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9910300216230.15075-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9910300307440.19432-100000@propro.oldserver.demon.nl>
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I'm running this on a standalone laptop, so i didn't lose any mail. But i lost all my package info. -jm On Sat, 30 Oct 1999, Marc Schneiders wrote: >On Sat, 30 Oct 1999, J McKitrick wrote: > >> OK, i copied the CDROM var to mine. WHat info needs restored? Don't i >> need to rebuild the ports/packages db? What else needs repaired? >> > >It is absolutely essential for historical reasons that you reconstruct >the following files in /var/log: > >maillog >ppp.log > >Take special care to get the older maillogs, which were gzipped before >they died, as well. > >Marc Schneiders || In re tam justa > || nulla est deliberatio! >marc@venster.nl || >marc@oldserver.demon.nl || Acta SS. MM. Scillitanorum > > > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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