Ahh... not an undelete, a redirect from proc to recreate it. I forgot mtab was the list of current mounted systems. Great info though, thanks!
Jeremiah E. Bess Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of five. <https://plus.google.com/u/0/103182072532361592558> <https://www.facebook.com/jeremiahbess> <http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=47451026> On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 12:15, Scott Vargovich <[email protected]>wrote: > It looks like the commands were: > > # grep -v rootfs /proc/mounts > /etc/mtab > # pacman -S filesystem --force > > After that, things were back to normal and working properly. Just in case > you didn't notice, the hashes are there to show I did it as the root user. > > Thanks again for everything, > Scott > > > On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 9:14 AM, Jeremiah Bess <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I have heard of that method before, it's essentially an undelete. It >> comes from only the file descriptor being deleted in the File System table, >> and not the actual file. I've never tried it personally though. In any >> case, glad you got it working. You can see what commands you used by >> running the history command. If you do find the commands you ran, please >> post them. I'd like to see what you used. >> >> Jeremiah E. Bess >> Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of five. >> >> <https://plus.google.com/u/0/103182072532361592558> >> <https://www.facebook.com/jeremiahbess> >> <http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=47451026> >> >> >> >> On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 06:16, Scott Vargovich <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> ... and I learned about /etc/mtab being the crux of pacman. If I were >>> saying this 30 yrs ago, it would have a different meaning!!! :P >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 6:37 AM, Scott Vargovich <[email protected] >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> I used every bit of my duckduckgo-fu to get the answer. BTW - If >>>> you're using Google as your search engine, you're being tracked. >>>> duckduckgo.com doesn't allow tracking. It involved going into /dev >>>> and echoing the contents of a device in there and it was restored. I then >>>> had to do a filesystem --force and that got pacman going again. I wish I >>>> would've documented the fix because it probably would be helpful to have >>>> in the archives, but I didn't. My household is entirely Arch, except my >>>> wifey's cell phone which is Android - based on Linux, although she doesn't >>>> know it. I have escaped all the branches from the Debian tree! I think >>>> it's time for a good old-fashioned Arch *PAR-TAY*!!! >>>> >>>> >>>> On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 11:11 PM, Jeremiah Bess <[email protected] >>>> > wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hmm...not sure how to get that file back without creating it manually. >>>>> I can send you mine tomorrow (I am at work tonight), but you will have to >>>>> adjust everything for your system. >>>>> >>>>> By chance, were you upgrading the Filesystem package? If so, read >>>>> this: >>>>> http://www.archlinux.org/news/filesystem-upgrade-manual-intervention-required/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Jeremiah E. Bess >>>>> Network Ninja, Penguin Geek, Father of five. >>>>> >>>>> <https://plus.google.com/u/0/103182072532361592558> >>>>> <https://www.facebook.com/jeremiahbess> >>>>> <http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=47451026> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Fri, Mar 9, 2012 at 08:50, Scott Vargovich >>>>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Jeremiah, >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm installing Arch on my desktop box. I had an error when I was >>>>>> doing 'pacman -Syy; pacman -Syu'. I thought I would get by it by >>>>>> deleting >>>>>> mtab. When I did that, pacman broke. 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