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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The author blew up /var accidentally and recovered
from a failed backup of /var on debian. Very interesting read for those of us
NOT Debian users either. Here's a teaser from the Article:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>"When it comes to Debian in particular, the <EM>/var/lib/dpkg</EM>
directory is an Achilles heel equivalent to the set of INI database files in
OS/2, or the registry files in Windows NT, Windows 2000 or Windows XP. (The
Windows 9x registry is also a weak spot, but it hardly matters since just about
any damage can make a Windows 9x system unusable.)"</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><A
href="http://www.linuxworld.com/go.cgi?id=741692">http://www.linuxworld.com/go.cgi?id=741692</A></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>