/etc directory screwed up????

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unite the cows

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Ok so today something happened to my machine and all the sudden the /etc directory seems to be the exact same as the /bin directory!!! does anyone have any ideas on what I can do??? I have no clue what i can do, please email me with any help. [email protected] Thank you so much.
 
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bdraco

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[quote:7d661c89ea][i:7d661c89ea]Originally posted by unite the cows[/i:7d661c89ea]

Ok so today something happened to my machine and all the sudden the /etc directory seems to be the exact same as the /bin directory!!! does anyone have any ideas on what I can do??? I have no clue what i can do, please email me with any help. [email protected] Thank you so much.[/quote:7d661c89ea]

The /etc and /bin directory are on the same partition. The filesystem was probably trashed (bad ide/scsi controller, bad hd, kernel bug, bad cpu, or bad ram) and /bin and /etc got relinked to the same inode by fsck or some other means. You might be able to fix this with debugfs.
 
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