Re: LVM root?

[a_d@gmx.at (Albert Dengg)]

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On Fri, Oct 13, 2006 at 08:36:17AM -0400, dtutty@porchlight.ca wrote:
> In Debian, is it only the loss of / that requires a reinstall?  What
> happens if /var (especially /var/lib) or /usr get corrupted?  Doesn't
> that also make the system extremely difficult/time-consuming to restore?
/var could definitly a problem since that's where the package database
is stored...
/usr on the other hand should not be a big problem (ok /usr/lib can make
things more difficult)...
but on the other hand...
you _should_ have a backup (i'dont always have one...)
and recently i restored a fucked up system (libc was broken after a crash
while the security update was underway)... so there are always ways how
to do things (though i could have lived without that expirience.

yours
albert

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Albert Dengg <a_d@gmx.at>
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