inadvertant deletion

Beernut · 07-16-2012, 11:10 AM

looks like i've inadvertantly deleted the -/usr file. Now at startup I'm getting...

INIT: Id "x" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes

Can anyone suggest a fix?

custangro · 07-16-2012, 11:21 AM

Usually "/usr" is a directory...not a file (depending on the Linux distro).

You should be able to recover from a backup if you have one.

-C

Beernut · 07-16-2012, 11:25 AM

Thanks Custangro. Assuming that I can locate the backup, what is my next step? Simply re-boot from the backup source?

custangro · 07-16-2012, 12:29 PM

Depending on how you backed up the server...

But you will need to boot from a live cd of some sort.

Mount the HD of the server (something like this)

Code:

mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/

Then restore the "/usr" directory (something like this)

Code:

cp -a usr /mnt/

It would help if you would provide the OS you are running and how you backed it up.

-C