I trashed my /var partition (doh!) and now the machine won't boot. Now I really wish that packages would do something sensible when they can't find what they're looking for in /var (be it a checkpoint file, a directory to put logfiles in, or whatever). *sigh* Is there some way I can reconstruct it? Failing that, can someone mail me a tar file of the directories so that I've got a bootable system..?
tar zcvf - /var | uuencode var.tar.gz | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Now unzipping someone else's /var hierarchy isn't going to provide a complete solution. Can I get a list of what belongs in /var from the packaging information..? As a relative newcomer to Debian I could do with some hand-holding if this is indeed possible. Is a reinstall my best option? -- Robin Stephenson Heat Oven To 350°F
