fsck wiped my /etc/

x0rg · 2009-08-07 21:48:11

I recently checked my root partition to get rid of these "stale nfs file handles" with
fsck -af.
The file handles were deleted but my whole /etc directory got split up in the lost+found dir.
My lost+found dir looks like this

D012290.RCN   D013090.RCN  D024090.RCN 
D053350.RCN   D034560.RCN  D032590.RCN
...                    ...                   ...

there are about 50 directorys 100 files and a bunch of archives too, everything with weird numbers and the .RCN extension.
So my question is if anyone can upload his /etc directory, so that I can replace the important files, such as rc.conf, xorg.conf etc.
Or does anybody know if it is possible to restore the data automatically from the lost+found folder?

djszapi · 2009-08-08 00:27:04

Hello xOrg!

Which filesystem do you use? I use generally reiserfs, and in last case with rebuild the tree with fsck is okay, but I think you don't use reiserfs, but ext journaling filesystem or similars. Maybe it's a harder way.

Don't you have any backup from your previous etc ? In last case you can copy it from livecd, and reinstall the installed packages.

x0rg · 2009-08-08 09:09:44

hi, I use jfs, and I think i will copy the /etc from a arch live cd.....

djszapi · 2009-08-08 09:40:25

Okay, and you can give a try to reiserfs too, i suggest it.

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#1 2009-08-07 21:48:11

fsck wiped my /etc/

#2 2009-08-08 00:27:04

Re: fsck wiped my /etc/

#3 2009-08-08 09:09:44

Re: fsck wiped my /etc/

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Re: fsck wiped my /etc/

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