Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 17:15:20 +0200 From: Neil Blakey-Milner <nbm@mithrandr.moria.org> To: J McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: recovering /var Message-ID: <19991030171520.A93984@rucus.ru.ac.za> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9910300258420.15824-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9910300258420.15824-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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On Sat 1999-10-30 (03:00), J McKitrick wrote: > Well, i have no idea how to rebuild the package info. > VI won't work because it can't access the vi backupfile in vi > mysql can't find some database when init runs, but it doesn't break > anything. > I'm sure there are other things i haven't run across yet > > I just copied the one from the live filesystem, but i know that's a hack > job fix. # mtree -f /etc/mtree/BSD.var.dist This will create only the directories. (I think) Neil -- Neil Blakey-Milner nbm@rucus.ru.ac.za To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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