-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Since I had to use the rescue-mode of the Installation-CD lately, I had some ideas about a few nice features: > 1. could midnight commander be included, it has a nice editor
What's wrong with vi ;-). > 2. would it not be nice to integrate the ncurses versions of the > drakxstools, so you could alter some of the basic configuration # chroot /mnt # drakxconf > 3. partimage would be nice, so you could image your partitions Has been requested before, but maintainer says it's too big. I keep a copy of it in my /home. > 4. is it possible to remove packages via rpm/urpmi in rescue mode ? if > not it would be nice to have such a feature # chroot /mnt # urpmi > after all my idea is to have a basic operating system, the absolute > dream however would be something like knoppix without all those > gimmicks included: a basic graphic system with the ability to remove > packages, image partitions and edit configuration files in a > comfortable way IMHO, a better project would be making up some tools to make bootable CDs of your choice. > what do you think about such an idea, or maybe are some of this even working right now ? Including too many tools for no reason on the rescue image makes it too big, and then packages have to be left out of the distro. Instead of making boot CDs, you could rather learn vi, and be able to rescue any unix system without tools that may not be available. Regards, Buchan - -- |--------------Another happy Mandrake Club member--------------| Buchan Milne Mechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone * Work +27 82 472 2231 * +27 21 8828820x202 Stellenbosch Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za GPG Key http://ranger.dnsalias.com/bgmilne.asc 1024D/60D204A7 2919 E232 5610 A038 87B1 72D6 AC92 BA50 60D2 04A7 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/ABR5rJK6UGDSBKcRAqwAAKCTvowvhMr0GKIbXSEkWJMVAex4CACeIlNC CaMiwdkE0/NOGUPVqlIW6rI= =FhgL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ****************************************************************** Please click on http://www.cae.co.za/disclaimer.htm to read our e-mail disclaimer or send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] for a copy. ******************************************************************
