i do indeed have /var... i'm also downloading the FC2 rescue cd... i was under the impression that there is some way that you can recreate/install the inode, and capture the information, to essentially undo the 'rm -rf'. i haven't done anything with the system, other than look at the information using 'debugfs'.... any ideas/comments from people who've been here before.... thanks... -bruce -----Original Message----- From: Calvin Austin [mailto:caustin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 4:05 PM To: bedouglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: i just did a rm -rf /*r as root!!! if /var is still there you could do rpm --verify -a, it should tell you what files it thinks it has missing and then you can reinstall those packages regards calvin bruce wrote: >hi... > >i stupidly just did a 'rm -rf /*r' and i understand that there's no way to >redo/undo this command.. it seems to have blown away my /usr/bin dir.. >although, for all i know, i may have screwed up a lot more... > >my question, is there someway that i can reinstall the /usr/bin dir.. or am >i pretty much f*ed up. i have fedora core 2. > >this is a critical system that i was putting alot of things on.. i haven't >done anything else to the box after my mistake.. > >-bruce >bedouglas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > >
