From: dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org   
      
   On Sat, 03 Nov 2012 00:00:17 -0400, Daniel47@teranews.com  wrote:   
      
   > Jim Beard wrote:   
   >> On 11/02/2012 11:10 AM, Daniel47@teranews.com wrote:   
   >> As root (or using sudo),   
   >> cd /etc   
   >> cp -av urpmi oldurpmi   
   >> /usr/sbin/urpmi.removemedia -a   
      
   >> Should disaster ensure for any reason (power failure, fat-fingers, any   
   >> reason whatever) you can, as root or using sudo,   
   >> cd /etc   
   >> rm -rf urpmi   
   >> cp -av oldurpmi urpmi   
   >>   
   >> And you will be back where you started from.   
   >>   
   >> Cheers!   
   >>   
   >> jim b.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Thanks for this, Jim, I'll print it out, so I can refer as necessary!   
      
   For future, please note the above will not restore the urpmi settings.   
      
   The urpmi.removemedia will delete the files in /var/lib/urpmi.   
      
   Simply restoring the files in /etc/urpmi will create a situation where   
   those config files do not match what is present in /var/lib/urpmi, and   
   will not work properly.   
      
   Either backup/restore the /var/lib/urpmi files too, or (preferred option),   
   just keep repeating the removemedia, and add media, till it works.   
      
   Regards, Dave Hodgins   
      
   --   
   Change nomail.afraid.org to ody.ca to reply by email.   
   (nomail.afraid.org has been set up specifically for   
   use in usenet. Feel free to use it yourself.)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)