Re: [gentoo-user] root partition lost - backup too old - please help

[Helmut Jarausch]

On 14 Jun, Volker Armin Hemmann wrote:
> On Montag 14 Juni 2010, Helmut Jarausch wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> due to a disk crash I've lost my root partition.
>> Unfortunately, the backup version is 4 weeks old.
>> But my /usr partition is up-to-date and I have
>> binary build-pkgs.
>> What's the fastest way to restore the portage-relevant
>> data on the root partition?
>>
>> Many thanks for a hint,
>> Helmut.
>
> if /var/db survived, you can grep for /bin /lib /sbin etc in /var/db and
> install the packages hit.

Thanks, but unfortunately /var was on the root partition.

So, I have to  emerge -k --update @world @system . 

Helmut.