i just did a rm -rf /*r as root!!!

[Robert Nichols]

bruce wrote:
> ok...
> 
> i have the rescue cd. i can see the /usr/bin on the rescue cd, and i can
> copy it to the new '/usr/bin' on the system where i did the 'rm -rf...'.
> 
> my question, is once i do this, how/what do i need to do to get back the
> rest of the system... when i compare the '/usr/bin' on a FC3 resuce cd, with
> the FC3 '/usr/bin' dir, i see a great deal of difference in the number of
> files.
> 
> or should i just get the FC2 iso cds and do a reinstall. keep in mind that
> i've made a lot of chanegs, new rpms, updates, etc... and i'd rather not
> blow those away.
> 
> i have an ext3 file system.

I fear that any attempt at undeletion is doomed to failure.  On an ext3
file system, metadata is zeroed when a file is deleted, so even if you
find the deleted inodes, the lists of block numbers won't be there any
longer.  Yes, I just verified that on an ext3 file system.  Successful
undeletion is possible with ext2, but not with ext3.

Sorry.

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Bob Nichols         rnichols42 at comcast.net