chroot
On Wednesday 05 March 2003 04:30 pm, Bob Miller wrote:
: Grigsby, Garl wrote:
: > i'm not sure what everybody does to their linux systems, but the
: > only time i need a bootable linux toolbox (like linuxcare or
: > knoppix) it is to fix a busted Windows system, not a linux system
: > (-:. i can't remember that last time I completely killed a linux box
: > to the point i couldn't fix it with a boot disk. well, i guess i
: > can, but that was because i didn't keep a backup copy of my old
: > kernel after building a customer kernel (aka it was my own stupid
: > fault for playing without a net).
:
: The last rescue disc operation I did involved re-laying out
: filesystems on a new disk, copying the data, and reinstalling lilo. I
: could have done it without a rescue disc, but it's less complicated
: when / is not one of the filesystems you're copying. (E.g., tar cf -
: /mnt/hda1 instead of tar cf - --one-file-system /, never mind the lilo
: contortions.)
--
On a normal ascii line, the only safe condition to detect is a 'BREAK'
- everything else having been assigned functions by Gnu EMACS.
-- Tarl Neustaedter
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