i just did a rm -rf /*r as root!!!

[Kam Leo]

On 4/22/05, bruce <bedouglas at earthlink.net> wrote:
> sorry....
> 
> thought i had already answered the backup issue at the beginning...
> 
> i have no backups, the system hadn't gotten to the point where i was ready
> to back it up...
> 

[snip]

> 
> my question now, is there a way to reinstall/upgrade/etc.. FC2 so that i
> only do a minimum installation, and not kill the upgraded apps that i
> already have on the system? ie, a kind of only install a little bit!!
> 

[snip]

> thanks...
> 
> bruce
> 

[snip]

If all you have / want to preserve are updated applications and not
data my question to you is why pursue this path?  Why not upgrade to
FC3 or install FC4T2?  Do you have a bandwidth limitation?