Re: Oops, no more /usr.

2004-08-24 Thread John Summerfield
Thomas Adam wrote: On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 02:48:34PM -0400, PaulNM wrote: 1: Should I tar /etc before this and overwrite it again afterwards? If so, are there any other directories I should do the same to? Unless you have made a lot of modifications, no. Of course, if you had made modific

Re: Oops, no more /usr.

2004-08-24 Thread Stefan O'Rear
On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 02:39:00PM -0500, Tim Kelley wrote: > On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 08:05:28PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 02:48:34PM -0400, PaulNM wrote: > > > > 2: Is there a way to only reinstall packages with files in /usr? For > > > example, kernel-sources* has f

Re: Oops, no more /usr.

2004-08-24 Thread Thomas Adam
On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 04:09:15PM -0400, PaulNM wrote: > 3: Maybe using net-installer cd to reinstall debs (at least base debs). > > Number 3 looks most appealing, I'm checking to see if it's possible. Any > other suggestions would appreciated. Sorry about that, I mis-understood your initial p

Re: Oops, no more /usr.

2004-08-24 Thread Tim Kelley
On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 08:05:28PM +0100, Thomas Adam wrote: > On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 02:48:34PM -0400, PaulNM wrote: > > 2: Is there a way to only reinstall packages with files in /usr? For > > example, kernel-sources* has files placed in /usr, but kernel-image* do not. > > COLUMNS=200 dpkg -

Re: Oops, no more /usr.

2004-08-24 Thread PaulNM
Thomas Adam wrote: On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 02:48:34PM -0400, PaulNM wrote: 1: Should I tar /etc before this and overwrite it again afterwards? If so, are there any other directories I should do the same to? Unless you have made a lot of modifications, no. Of course, if you had made modifications,

Re: Oops, no more /usr.

2004-08-24 Thread Brian Nelson
On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 02:48:34PM -0400, PaulNM wrote: > I have a Sarge system where I tried to move /usr to a separate > partition. To make a long story short, I accidently copied the Knoppix > cd's /usr, not the deb system's /usr. > > I actually saved /usr as /usrold on the original partitio

Re: Oops, no more /usr.

2004-08-24 Thread Thomas Adam
On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 02:48:34PM -0400, PaulNM wrote: > 1: Should I tar /etc before this and overwrite it again afterwards? If > so, are there any other directories I should do the same to? Unless you have made a lot of modifications, no. Of course, if you had made modifications, you'd have don

Oops, no more /usr.

2004-08-24 Thread PaulNM
I have a Sarge system where I tried to move /usr to a separate partition. To make a long story short, I accidently copied the Knoppix cd's /usr, not the deb system's /usr. I actually saved /usr as /usrold on the original partition, but deleted it once everything seemed to be working. End res