On Sun, Nov 13, 2005 at 02:16:07PM -0800, b h wrote: > Hi > Okay, I feel really stupid, but that's beside the > point. I need to be able to recover this machine. > It's running current built from src as of November 7. > > I was brilliantly removing my src directory with a rm > -rf * to get a completely fresh tree, when I realized > I was a directory too high, running that command from > /usr.... after immediately stopping it, I noticed the > bin directory gone (and I figure there is some missing > from the dest directory too -- this is all presuming > that rm -rf goes alphabetically)... > > what is my best bet here? The system is still up and > running. I presume it is to get some of the install > sets and unpack them -- I would rather *not* like to > do a reinstall. Which install sets do I need > (presuming from the most recent snapshot, following > instructions from 4.10 of FAQ). I figure I need > > comp38.tgz > base38.tgz > misc38.tgz > > Maybe I don't need all three of these? Anything else > or other gotchas I should look out for? Can I safely > reboot after untarring the above? Then after that I > presume I can safely build from a newly checked out > src again (being more careful)? > > much thanks > b > > > > __________________________________ > Start your day with Yahoo! - Make it your home page! > http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs >
You will also need the newer bsd kernel as well making sure you keep the kernel and userland in sync.
