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Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 12:43:49 +0000 (GMT)
From: 520023893678-0001@t-online.de (P. U. Kruppa)
To: Len Conrad <LConrad@Go2France.com>
Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: how to restore /usr
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On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Len Conrad wrote:

> Trying to free up disk space, a user accidentally rm'd /usr instead of
> /usr/ports.
>
> Starting with the cdrom, what is the best way to get the /usr tree back
> onto the disk?
If your system still can boot, you can do
# /stand/sysinstall
--> configure --> Distributions
and select the things you need.
In case you remember config-files you have edited, try to save
them from beeing overwritten by changing their names with mv .
You can rename them afterwards.

For the future:
There are quite simple tools to backup and restore the contents
of your partitions: dump and restore.

Hope that helps,

Uli.
>
> thanks
> Len
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