[solved] very very big disaster

nTia89 · 2011-01-25 19:37:01

by mistake i have delete /var/pacman, then i try to reinstall all my system but at some point pacman return an error, like "sudo 1004...." so i reboot....but from NOW i can't login in my system and most important thing my user is deleted...... i lost my home......

how can i restore my previous situations ? also only restore my home ......

thanks very much

Last edited by nTia89 (2011-01-25 20:41:31)

ewaller · 2011-01-25 19:43:25

Use your backups?

If you boot from the install disk, can fdisk see the original partitions (DO NOT try to change anything)?

Where did /home exist? Did you have one very large /, or did you have a separate home partition which was mounted at /home ?? Are you using a RAID?

Inxsible · 2011-01-25 19:45:15

please use sensible subject titles. "very very big disaster" doesn't make any sense to people who would be willing to help.

Also if you get any errors: you have to list them as is. "sudo 1004" doesn't make sense.

Please read this forum rule about how to ask for help : https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … ow_to_Post

litemotiv · 2011-01-25 19:47:01

You can start by chrooting into your system, see this: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Chroot

nTia89 · 2011-01-25 19:55:19

i find my home which is in a separated partition with a livecd (i'm writing from its....)

but if i boot from arch it doesn't see any home, it is empty, and i don't know why

ewaller · 2011-01-25 20:04:23

nTia89 wrote:

i find my home which is in a separated partition with a livecd (i'm writing from its....)
but if i boot from arch it doesn't see any home, it is empty, and i don't know why

Okay, boot from Arch and post the output of:
mount
and
cat /etc/fstab

Also, what is the partition on which /home lives ?

nTia89 · 2011-01-25 20:41:15

solved, more or less, just for the time to prepare a format.....

solved using chroot and reinstalling base group

but the real problem was that pacman has saved old config's files appending ".pacorig" so arch couldn't find some piece of system

thanks to all

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