-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 08:36:17AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In Debian, is it only the loss of / that requires a reinstall? What > happens if /var (especially /var/lib) or /usr get corrupted? Doesn't > that also make the system extremely difficult/time-consuming to restore? /var could definitly a problem since that's where the package database is stored... /usr on the other hand should not be a big problem (ok /usr/lib can make things more difficult)... but on the other hand... you _should_ have a backup (i'dont always have one...) and recently i restored a fucked up system (libc was broken after a crash while the security update was underway)... so there are always ways how to do things (though i could have lived without that expirience.
yours albert - -- Albert Dengg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFL6WrhrtSwvbWj0kRAmJuAJ9dLSCmjNjrCHysIGArUFP5mKgrKgCeNS8e 0GkELHCSgdx5CHeYklcnGvo= =h7VX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
