Urgent - deleted usr/lib - total catastrphic event!!! How to recover?
Hello! I am really newbie to linux and done most probably catastrophic thing! I must be really dumb since by trying to delete with Konqueror in Super User mode some libs from /usr/lib I apparently deleted whole directory. However, never selected it for deletion!!! Currently, I stopped working with anything and would like to try to recover from that accindent - any ideas how to that? My trash is empty!!! Jacek
Hello!
I am really newbie to linux and done most probably catastrophic thing!
I must be really dumb since by trying to delete with Konqueror in Super User mode some libs from /usr/lib I apparently deleted whole directory. However, never selected it for deletion!!! Currently, I stopped working with anything and would like to try to recover from that accindent - any ideas how to that? My trash is empty!!! You will need to reinstall those libraries in /usr/lib. This is a very critical directory since the libraries in /usr/lib are essentially required for many applications. Fortunately in Linux, the most critical
On Sun, 25 Jul 2004 14:55:25 +0200
"Jacek Blaszczynski"
On Sunday 25 July 2004 12:55, Jacek Blaszczynski wrote:
like to try to recover from that accindent - any ideas
please excuse comment :- it is a good idea, to have a complete system, backed-up with, say " rsync " , on a separate partition . . . then, if/when such an unfortunate event strikes, it is is easy to recover -- best wishes ____________ sent on Linux ____________
Hello Pinto! thanx for productive comment :
it is a good idea, to have a complete system, backed-up with, say " rsync " , on a separate partition
. . . then, if/when such an unfortunate event strikes, it is is easy to recover
it really solved my problem. Jacek PS. you may not know that I run my SuSE 9.1 as guest OS in VMware on Windows XP - there is even better option for that: "revert to snapshot" which means that your system is restored to the point your made the snapshot, even mouse cursor position at the begining. So I have done it but it did not recover my lost work which was first compiled and than tested and than installed in /usr/lib for further testing. ANYWAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH! -----Original Message----- From: pinto [mailto:pinto45@aig.forthnet.gr] Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 5:34 PM To: suse-linux-e@suse.com Subject: Re: [SLE] Urgent - deleted usr/lib - total catastrphic event!!! How to recover? On Sunday 25 July 2004 12:55, Jacek Blaszczynski wrote:
like to try to recover from that accindent - any ideas
please excuse comment :- it is a good idea, to have a complete system, backed-up with, say " rsync " , on a separate partition . . . then, if/when such an unfortunate event strikes, it is is easy to recover -- best wishes ____________ sent on Linux ____________ -- Check the headers for your unsubscription address For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the archives at http://lists.suse.com Please read the FAQs: suse-linux-e-faq@suse.com
Hi, On Sunday 25 July 2004 14:55, Jacek Blaszczynski wrote:
I am really newbie to linux and done most probably catastrophic thing!
I must be really dumb since by trying to delete with Konqueror in Super User mode some libs from /usr/lib I apparently deleted whole directory. However, never selected it for deletion!!! Currently, I stopped working with anything and would like to try to recover from that accindent - any ideas how to that? My trash is empty!!!
You didn't tell us what version of SUSE Linux you are using. I'm assuming it is either 9.0 or 9.1. Boot from the SUSE CD/DVD and start "Installation" from the boot menu. after choosing the language you will get a dialog box that offers (amongst other things) a System Repair mode. Choose that. It should fix it. Greetings from Bremen hartmut
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