On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 4:35 PM, William L. Maltby CentOS4Bill@triad.rr.com wrote:
On Thu, 2008-12-11 at 16:14 -0800, MHR wrote:
I found it - there has to be a /var/lib/nfs directory with a few subdirectories under it. Once I had created them all, I could run rpc.statd, and that unfroze everything.
Thanks to all, esp. Bill for mentioning rpc - that was the clue for me.
Thanks I needed that! You know that one "Aw Shit" wipes out 1000 "'Atta Boys". Now I have one in the bank - 999 to go! ;-)
So, like an idiot, after I had everything back up and running, I tried it again. It _couldn't_ happen twice.
It didn't. The second time it trashed the root file system. I managed to save the one hierarchy I needed the most, and tomorrow I'm reinstalling from scratch.
Live and learn - I hope....
mhr