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comex 09-05-2005 04:11 PM
Linux thinks /etc is a file
 
On an ext3 file system, the /etc directory has been corrupted, and Linux (on a live CD) seems to think that it is a file. How can I retrieve the contents of the directory?

jailbait 09-05-2005 04:13 PM
"On an ext3 file system, the /etc directory has been corrupted, and Linux (on a live CD) seems to think that it is a file. How can I retrieve the contents of the directory?"

Run fsck against the partition. For example:

fsck -t ext3 /dev/hda3

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Steve Stites


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