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  • We've already rebuilt the machine, but that's good to know! I guess the tough part is knowing what needs to stay in /var... or we could just blanket copy everything in var to the root directory... Commented Jun 18, 2013 at 19:44
  • Take a look at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filesystem_Hierarchy_Standard to figure out which directories should stay in /var. Commented Jun 18, 2013 at 19:53