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From: brian@anorak.coverform.lan (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: I'm a moron...
Date: 13 Dec 1996 02:20:49 -0000
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In article <58nvc0$irh$1@bad-news.harborcom.net>,
mfisher@ns2.harborcom.net (Mike Fisher) writes:
: Hi....after a crazed port install session, I accidentally blew away my
: entire root directory, kernel and all. Is there any easy way to build a
: new one (I did the minimum installation), or would it be best to just kill
: off the whole thing and download 2.1.6? I had 2.1.5...now I have less of
: it. :(
Well, the only files in / are the COPYRIGHT and kernel files (and the /sys
symlink). If this is all that's gone, you should just be able to plonk
a new kernel there (or reinstall your custom one).
If you've zapped subdirectories, eh, um, 2.1.6 looks attractive !
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>, <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
.