I backed up my debian installation with the following: tar --preserve -cv / | ssh 192.168.2.10 'cat > linuxbackup.tar.bz2'
And attempted to restore it with the following: ssh 192.168.2.10 'cat linuxbackup.tar.bz2' | tar -jxv Both commands were run as root. However, I now have a *lot* of broken symlinks, which show up like this: ---------- 1 root root 0 Mar 17 13:19 xdvi.bin ---------- 1 root root 0 Mar 17 13:19 xmlproc_parse ---------- 1 root root 0 Mar 17 13:19 xmlproc_val ---------- 1 root root 0 Mar 17 13:19 yacc Fixing the rc*/* symlinks allowed me to boot, but the system is still practically unusable. Is there something I can do or should have done to preserve the symlinks? And failing that, how do I get the system back into a usable state? It seems that /var/cache still contains all the debs I've ever downloaded, and network access is working. Thanks in advance to anyone who helps make my machine usable again. -- Brian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
