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[atul]

Hello All,
I have RH 8.0 ,on which by mistake /proc is deleted .Now I want accidental Redhat recover without losing my data...
Kernel is 2.4.20-14 ,RH8.0 How can I?

Thank you

[rghf]

/proc is a virtual filesystem. If you reboot it you should be ok

Rus

[andreyka]

Rus, if he delete /proc folder and reboot, the system fail.
Need create /proc folder
and say in console:
mount -a

[Elliot A]

If you don't want to reboot, do the following:

If the /proc dir is missing run, su to root and run:

cd /
mkdir /proc

Then to get proc back just:

mount -t proc none /proc

[atul]

Thanks guys ,
Actually I thought that we have to no way !!!
I was trying one another way !!
redhat-config-proc ...
But this failed !!!
Is this tool meant for accidental /proc delete?
Thanks again...

[Steven]

I kind of have a feeling you were compromised. Ive seen 6 boxes this month have their /proc deleted. Btw that kernel you are running is older then my grandpa.

[Steven]

To clarify my prior post, /proc wasent deleted. It was not mountable on reboot.

[MarlboroMan]

Seen that too - mount segfaults when the system is being booted.