Re: [gentoo-user] Arrrgggh!! rm -Rf /proc

2006-03-27 Thread JimD
On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 00:38:40 - (UTC) "Matt Richards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > mlaptop proc # rm -rfv /proc/config.gz > rm: cannot remove `/proc/config.gz': Operation not permitted > > are you sure ? proc is like a dynamic filesystem they aren't really > files just virtual files that the k

Re: [gentoo-user] Arrrgggh!! rm -Rf /proc

2006-03-27 Thread Matt Richards
> > Will rm -Rf /proc hose a system? I didn't run rm -Rf /proc directly, > but I did do it indirectly. I had mount --bind /proc /mnt/gentoo/proc > and then forgot about it. I then ran rm -Rf /mnt/gentoo to start a > stage 3 again forgetting that /boot and /proc were both mount > --bind[ed] to /m

Re: [gentoo-user] Arrrgggh!! rm -Rf /proc

2006-03-27 Thread JimD
On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 18:24:49 -0600 "Boyd Stephen Smith Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've never attempted it. ;) Could you please try for me know and let me know what happens? : ) Jim -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Arrrgggh!! rm -Rf /proc

2006-03-27 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
On Monday 27 March 2006 17:58, JimD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about '[gentoo-user] Arrrgggh!! rm -Rf /proc': > Will rm -Rf /proc hose a system? Probably, at least until you reboot, since /proc is generated dynamically by the kernel. I've never attempted it. ;) -- &qu

[gentoo-user] Arrrgggh!! rm -Rf /proc

2006-03-27 Thread JimD
Will rm -Rf /proc hose a system? I didn't run rm -Rf /proc directly, but I did do it indirectly. I had mount --bind /proc /mnt/gentoo/proc and then forgot about it. I then ran rm -Rf /mnt/gentoo to start a stage 3 again forgetting that /boot and /proc were both mount --bind[ed] to /mnt/gentoo.