on Thu, Apr 05, 2001 at 02:09:43PM -0400, Cyanide Morgoth Calcuterm ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I was wondering if there was some way to get the files in /bin for > debian unstable x86 I seem to have unfortunately deleted these in a > rather unfortunate accident. This basically makes the system > unusuable? Anyone have a nice little tar ball or perhaps a good guide > for getting them again? I tried to look for a file for unstable like > the base install one in potato for installs and get them like that but > unstable appears not to have one :(
Restore them from your backups. You've got backups, right?
OK, you don't have backups.
- Get your package list ('/usr/bin/dpkg --get-selections > file').
- Back up /home and /usr/local. Just in case. You do have a backup
system, don't you (tape, removable media, networked storage).
- OK, you don't have a backup system. Buy a DAT drive for $400 and a
handful of tapes. Or a CDW or CDRW system. But I'd prefer tape.
- Reinstall a base Debian system. Leave your non-system partitions
alone (you *have* partitioned your system so that /usr/local and
/home are isolated from the rest of your partitions, right?
- Read in your former package list and restore your system to its
prior state.
From my own system, files under /bin come from the following packages.
You may be able to reinstall from these:
afio
bash
console-tools
cpio
debianutils
ed
fdflush
fileutils
grep
gzip
hostname
login
mount
netkit-ping
net-tools
pdksh
procps
psmisc
sash
sed
setserial
shellutils
sysvinit
tar
tcsh
textutils
util-linux
Cheers.
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