> If it were me, I'd just do a restore from my backups. > --- > Eric Crist And on that note, a song! (I think someone posted it to TCLUG years ago.) To the tune of "If You're Happy and You Know it:" If you can't afford to lose it back it up. *clap*clap*clap* If you can't afford to lose it back it up. *clap*clap*clap* If you can't afford to lose it Then there's no way to excuse it If you can't afford to lose it back it up. *clap*clap*clap* As the system is spanning over two drives with no redundance you've already doubled your risk of catastrophic disk failure. If you don't have a backup: - Did you take this opportunity to create a backup of any remaining critical data before you try and recover? If not, there's no time like the present. We'll wait. - Do you have a similar system you could copy the missing var files from? - Can you install a similar system that you could copy the missing var files from? - Can most of /var be restored from the original install media? - Last resort: Reinstall and then restore the critical data that you backed up above. If it was really critical data that was lost without a backup, Kroll Ontrack in Eden Prairie might be able to recover data, but you'll learn just how valuable your data is. ($600-$3000 for a single drive, possibly more for a spanning set such as yours.) -- Andrew S. Zbikowski | http://andy.zibnet.us IT Outhouse Blog Thing | http://www.itouthouse.com