Yeah - I used major duck-fu to find it. On Sat, Mar 10, 2012 at 3:32 PM, Jeremiah Bess <[email protected]>wrote:
> 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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