The following script, or any script like it will not work. Do not waste your time and end up hosing your box like I did today:
#!/bin/bash echo "==> installing cdebootstrap" apt-get install cdebootstrap echo "==> reticulating splines" dpkg -l | cut -f3 -d' ' >> /tmp/packages.installed pkg=`cat /tmp/packages.installed | xargs` pkg=`echo $pkg | sed -e 's#bunch of crap elided here##g'` echo "==> installing libc6-amd64" apt-get install libc6-amd64 echo "==> installing base system" cdebootstrap -a amd64 lenny / for pkg in $pkg; do echo "==> reinstalling $pkg" apt-get install --reinstall --force-yes $pkg done
Don’t let this happen to you. I had the pleasure of discovering that Bacula was not properly backing up my MySQL databases. What an excellent way of finding out.