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just a question. .. i think i have accidentally rm a directory in my slackware's / directory.. that was the reason of (i think) not booting in GUI mode.. BUT ...
  1. 10-27-2006 #1
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    accidental RM of a dir in ROOT directory

    just a question. .. i think i have accidentally rm a directory in my slackware's / directory.. that was the reason of (i think) not booting in GUI mode.. BUT i can still login to init 1 / level 1 and login as ROOT and MY user

    BUT the problem is.. it can' READ bash anymore so when im in the prompt may be it root or user.. i cant anymore see what shell im using.. I THINK the usr/ has been rm.

    but still i can browse all of my configs.. etc/

    the question is . .can i just perhaps COPY the removed directory FROM the CD of slack in order to gain the original settings. . .?
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    ok
    ls -Ahl /
    this will show you all directoryes and we will see which has been removed

    you can copy the dir but i dont know if that would work..heh
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    copying the dir from an identical install might indeed work

    or you could reinstall some packages maybe
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    ok in the above mentioned set up, also i forgot to tell that also i CAN'T login OR go to any /home dir whether by / or by user

    BTW i have seperate partitions for / , /home, /usr, /tmp, /var , IM JUST WONDERING because whenever I mount my slackware / dir IN my other box (zenwalk 3.0) i can still SEE all my files
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    can you SSH in ?
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    ok i haved just checked at my box, i have seperate partitions for :

    /boot
    /tmp
    /var
    /usr
    /home
    /swap
    /

    NOW when i logged in using user root, when i typed the command mount, i did not see the /usr , /home, and /var directories

    BUT i tried mounting the /home using Zenwalk, luckily i have still seen my files in /home.. . its just that, its not mounted on my slack..

    is it possible to RE - MOUNT those 3 directories (/usr, /home. /var) again? in order for my directories to be mounted again?
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    try 'mount -a' to remount all partitions. it will remount partitions listed in fstab except partitions set as 'noauto'.




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    ok originally, when im logged in as root, when i type mount,

    these are the only ones who are mounted

    /
    /boot
    /tmp
    /swap
    /mnt/windows
    /mnt/windowsbackup

    so, IF i will do mount -a, will it RE MOUNT those who are mounted already?
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    yes ! actually 'mount -a' command checks /etc/fstab file. it will mount all the partitions listed in it.




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    meaning, the existing mounted partitions will not be doubled? it will just be RE MOUNTED? am i right?
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