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From: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
To: Florian Weimer <Florian.Weimer@RUS.Uni-Stuttgart.DE>
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Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.16-pre1
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In-Reply-To: <tgadxagbjn.fsf@mercury.rus.uni-stuttgart.de>; from Florian.Weimer@RUS.Uni-Stuttgart.DE on Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 03:39:08PM +0100
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On Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 03:39:08PM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote:
> BTW, what is the correct recovery strategy, assuming 2.4.15 has not
> been rebooted yet?  Installing a fixed kernel is obviously the first
> step.  How should one reboot the system to minimize damage?  Use a
> normal system shutdown (with the -F parameter to forc fsck on next
> boot), or go to single user, "touch /forcefsck", sync, wait a minute,
> and switching of power?

>From Viro's mail (on http://lwn.net/daily/2.4.15-recovery.php3):

| IOW, if you are running 2.4.15 - build a patched kernel, install it and
| do the following:
|	* switch to single-user
|	* sync
|	* umount everything non-buys
|	* remount the rest read-only
|	* turn the thing off
|	* boot with patched kernel or with anything before 2.4.15-pre9

--
Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk)                The developer of ARM Linux
             http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html

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