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root files

JJ_21 — Tue, 30 Mar 2004 09:08:26 GMT

We lost some useful root files when we removed some files. The Unix system is running ok but some applications are unable to run. I used â # check_recoveryâ to find out what files have been removed (please see attachment). Can anyone help me out at this point? Does anyone have these files (useful root files) so that I can copy to my system? Thanks in advance. We are using un

Re: root files

Sundar_7 — Tue, 30 Mar 2004 13:19:08 GMT

Hi JJ,

since you have makerec log files, I understand u have created make_recovery tape at some point of time.

You can recover the files from the make_recovery tape

# mt -t /dev/rmt/0mn rew
# mt -t /dev/rmt/0mn fsf 1
# tar -tvf /dev/rmt/0mn

Extract the files from the tape using tar

Sundar

Re: root files

Steven E. Protter — Tue, 30 Mar 2004 13:27:30 GMT

You should be able to recreate the files listed in the first response as follows:

insf -e

A boot does that as well.

SEP

Re: root files

JJ_21 — Tue, 30 Mar 2004 16:20:13 GMT

The problems have been solved. Thanks for everyone.

JJ