From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@googlemail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] root partition lost - backup too old - please help
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 21:19:54 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <201006142119.54426.volkerarmin@googlemail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <tkrat.66d3999ed03dccf0@igpm.rwth-aachen.de>
On Montag 14 Juni 2010, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
> On 14 Jun, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> > On Montag 14 Juni 2010, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> due to a disk crash I've lost my root partition.
> >> Unfortunately, the backup version is 4 weeks old.
> >> But my /usr partition is up-to-date and I have
> >> binary build-pkgs.
> >> What's the fastest way to restore the portage-relevant
> >> data on the root partition?
> >>
> >> Many thanks for a hint,
> >> Helmut.
> >
> > if /var/db survived, you can grep for /bin /lib /sbin etc in /var/db and
> > install the packages hit.
>
> Thanks, but unfortunately /var was on the root partition.
>
> So, I have to emerge -k --update @world @system .
>
> Helmut.
except that without /var portage does now know what @system or @world is made
off.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-06-14 19:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-06-14 17:32 [gentoo-user] root partition lost - backup too old - please help Helmut Jarausch
2010-06-14 18:24 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2010-06-14 18:29 ` Helmut Jarausch
2010-06-14 19:19 ` Volker Armin Hemmann [this message]
2010-06-14 19:40 ` Dru Kargin
2010-06-15 8:34 ` Helmut Jarausch
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