Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 19:22:45 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 19:22:35 -0500 Received: from smtp01.web.de ([194.45.170.210]:39703 "EHLO smtp.web.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 13 Nov 2001 19:22:21 -0500 Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2001 01:22:01 +0100 (CET) From: Pascal Schmidt To: "Richard B. Johnson" cc: "Maciej W. Rozycki" , "H. Peter Anvin" , Subject: Re: fdutils. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > Without a floppy-based rescue system, you have to use bootable CDROM, > usually supplied by a vendor, without the tools to truly rescue a > system. You can only re-install. For instance some vendors don't > provide a SCSI-tape module so you can't recover from a SCSI tape. There are a few minimalistic distributions that can be burned onto CDROM for rescue operations. Just add your favourite kernel with all your required drivers and you are ready to go. Shameless plug: I use my own distribtion http://www.tzi.de/~pharao90/ttylinux/ for the same purpose. ;) -- Ciao, Pascal -<[ pharao90@tzi.de, netmail 2:241/215.72, home http://cobol.cjb.net/) ]>- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/