Robert Schmid <robert@ancept.com>  wrote:
 > I was trying to install a package using pkg_add when I realized I was in
 > /etc instead of /.  So I CTRL-C out and switched to /.  Suddenly /etc was
 > gone.  Someone please tell me this was a disk error that will be magically
 > fixed on reboot somehow.
 > 
 > If not - how did I do this?  Is there anyway to recover without
 > reinstalling a new /etc directory?

beats me 'what happened' but /var/backups is your friend.