Re: [gentoo-user] root partition lost - backup too old - please help
On 14 Jun, Dru Kargin wrote: > On 06/14/10 12:19, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >> 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. >> >> > If you have a 4-week old version of /var/db, you can probably use that > for the sake of rebuilding/unpackaging system and world. Hopefully, > system and world won't have changed so much in four weeks that a > ground-up rebuild will be more efficient. Yes, I'm trying that. Though I've encountered some difficulties. E.g. the 'old' system had gcc-4.4.3-r2 in slot (4.4) while the /usr partition contained gcc-4.4.4. Trying to emerge gcc-4.4.4 (binary) portage went into a loop (at least it would have taken more than an hour on a fast machine). I had to fetch /etc/env.d/gcc from a similar machine here. The problem seems to be that during installation portage tries to remove a version which isn't installed anymore. Meanwhile I could reinstall gcc-4.4.4 which was the biggest corner (hopefully). Thanks, Helmut.
Re: [gentoo-user] root partition lost - backup too old - please help
On 06/14/10 12:19, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: > 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. > > If you have a 4-week old version of /var/db, you can probably use that for the sake of rebuilding/unpackaging system and world. Hopefully, system and world won't have changed so much in four weeks that a ground-up rebuild will be more efficient. -Dru
Re: [gentoo-user] root partition lost - backup too old - please help
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.
Re: [gentoo-user] root partition lost - backup too old - please help
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.
Re: [gentoo-user] root partition lost - backup too old - please help
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.
[gentoo-user] root partition lost - backup too old - please help
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. -- Helmut Jarausch Lehrstuhl fuer Numerische Mathematik RWTH - Aachen University D 52056 Aachen, Germany
