On 4/9/2015 2:44 PM, Chuck Campbell wrote: > > I don't think this made it to the list yesterday. At least I never saw > it show up. it showed up here. dunno what to suggest. maybe install 5.11 on a VM somewhere with the same package set and architecture (on the blown system, /var/log/rpmpkgs, then copy everything in /bin ? boot the target system with a rescue OS, mount your OS root as /mnt or something, and copy that backup to /mnt/bin ? this won't be perfect unless you know exactly what RPMs were installed on the blown system, but its probably better than nothing. I dunno. I think I'd install a new box with 6 or 7, and migrate over whatever app stuff you need. -- john r pierce, recycling bits in santa cruz