Re: Update on filesystem fiasco

On Sat, Dec 25, 2004 at 11:27:01PM -0600, Flaffer wrote:
> An example of one of the msgs from fsck run off of the 2004.3 boot CD:
> 
> File..(inode #84176, mod time Thu Mar  4 17:45:37 2004)
>   has 2 duplicate block(s), shared with 300 file(s).
> 

> It froze the machine. Looks like I need to re-format it. Any hints on
> what impact losing /var would have?
>

Hi,

The portage database of package installed is on /var.  You might want to
check the Gentoo forums for hints on how rebuilding it but I guess it
would be rebuild as packages gets re-installed/updated.

If you have databases/web servers etc., I think some store their data in
/var.

David

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