Re: root crash recovery

2004-11-12 Thread Al Nikolov
Andrea Vettorello wrote: > If you trust your /var/lib/dpkg dir, something like: > > dpkg --get-selections | awk '$2 == "install" { print $1 }' | xargs > apt-get -y --reinstall install Yep, that's what it should be. Thanks! -- Regards, Al Nikolov -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: root crash recovery

2004-11-11 Thread Andrea Vettorello
On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 16:53:08 +0300, Al Nikolov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, i would to recreate bin, sbin, lib, etc - all my root filesystem - with > files installed from 'existing' packages. > > > > CW Harris wrote: > > > This lists all known packages. I think what you are wanting is > >

Re: root crash recovery

2004-11-11 Thread Al Nikolov
No, i would to recreate bin, sbin, lib, etc - all my root filesystem - with files installed from 'existing' packages. CW Harris wrote: > This lists all known packages. I think what you are wanting is > (see dpkg(8)): > >To make a local copy of the package selection states: >

Re: root crash recovery

2004-11-10 Thread CW Harris
On Wed, Nov 10, 2004 at 03:15:28PM +0300, Al Nikolov wrote: > Hi all > > My root filesystem has crashed because of hardware failure. (Although, it > was ext3, and i wasn't supposed that may happens... Where's my fault?) > > But there are still alive usr and, more important, var. I plan to install

root crash recovery

2004-11-10 Thread Al Nikolov
Hi all My root filesystem has crashed because of hardware failure. (Although, it was ext3, and i wasn't supposed that may happens... Where's my fault?) But there are still alive usr and, more important, var. I plan to install the minimal system onto new clean root partition, mount old usr and var