reinstalling debian /bin

[kramerjm at gmail.com (James Kramer)]

I mounted the root of the OS that requires reinstall to
/test
I then
# chroot /test
# cd /test
# dpkg -get-selections
# apt-get install --reinstall
I get the following:

caldron:/test# apt-get install --reinstall
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 231 not upgraded.
Jay

On 9/17/06, James Kramer <kramerjm at gmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks,
> I'll give it a try
>
> On 9/17/06, dsr at tao.merseine.nu <dsr at tao.merseine.nu> wrote:
> > On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 01:53:35PM -0400, James Kramer wrote:
> > > While working on Xen setup I managed to delete /bin  by using the command
> > > rm -R /bin. I don't think that I can recover the /bin files but I
> > > should be able to reinstall the packages. I have a backup of all my
> > > data files and most config files that were in /etc.  I can boot into a
> > > different debian OS using grub so I can access the partition and
> > > files.  I can chroot the particular partition.  Can someone suggest
> > > how to reinstall the system.  If I do a complete debian reinstalll
> > > from CD on top the partition would it retain my old directories and
> > > files.  I tried to chroot the root partion figuring that I could use
> > > apt-get to reinstall the packages but I can not figure out the proper
> > > way to do it.  Any suggestion would be appreciated.
> >
> > Use dpkg --get-selection to get a list of all installed
> > packages, then apt-get install --reinstall to reload them.
> >
> > -dsr-
> >
>

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