It looks like the commands were: # grep -v rootfs /proc/mounts > /etc/mtab # pacman -S filesystem --force
After that, things were back to normal and working properly. Just in case you didn't notice, the hashes are there to show I did it as the root user. Thanks again for everything, Scott On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 9:14 AM, Jeremiah Bess <[email protected]>wrote: > I have heard of that method before, it's essentially an undelete. It comes > from only the file descriptor being deleted in the File System table, and > not the actual file. I've never tried it personally though. In any case, > glad you got it working. You can see what commands you used by running the > history command. If you do find the commands you ran, please post them. I'd > like to see what you used. > > Jeremiah E. Bess > Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of five. > > <https://plus.google.com/u/0/103182072532361592558> > <https://www.facebook.com/jeremiahbess> > <http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=47451026> > > > > On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 06:16, Scott Vargovich <[email protected]>wrote: > >> ... and I learned about /etc/mtab being the crux of pacman. If I were >> saying this 30 yrs ago, it would have a different meaning!!! :P >> >> >> On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 6:37 AM, Scott Vargovich >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> I used every bit of my duckduckgo-fu to get the answer. BTW - If you're >>> using Google as your search engine, you're being tracked. >>> duckduckgo.com doesn't allow tracking. It involved going into /dev and >>> echoing the contents of a device in there and it was restored. I then had >>> to do a filesystem --force and that got pacman going again. I wish I >>> would've documented the fix because it probably would be helpful to have >>> in the archives, but I didn't. My household is entirely Arch, except my >>> wifey's cell phone which is Android - based on Linux, although she doesn't >>> know it. I have escaped all the branches from the Debian tree! I think >>> it's time for a good old-fashioned Arch *PAR-TAY*!!! >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 11:11 PM, Jeremiah Bess >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Hmm...not sure how to get that file back without creating it manually. >>>> I can send you mine tomorrow (I am at work tonight), but you will have to >>>> adjust everything for your system. >>>> >>>> By chance, were you upgrading the Filesystem package? If so, read >>>> this: >>>> http://www.archlinux.org/news/filesystem-upgrade-manual-intervention-required/ >>>> >>>> >>>> Jeremiah E. Bess >>>> Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of five. >>>> >>>> <https://plus.google.com/u/0/103182072532361592558> >>>> <https://www.facebook.com/jeremiahbess> >>>> <http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=47451026> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 08:50, Scott Vargovich >>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> Jeremiah, >>>>> >>>>> I'm installing Arch on my desktop box. I had an error when I was >>>>> doing 'pacman -Syy; pacman -Syu'. I thought I would get by it by deleting >>>>> mtab. When I did that, pacman broke. 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