On Wed, 01 Dec 1999, you wrote:
> John....that's not what I said, but you are correct. There is no file
> called rescue.img on my Mdk 6.0 CD or either of my Mdk 6.1 CD's.
> However on the Mdk 6.0 CD there is a sub called /images/rescue and in it
> are the three "Tom's root boot" files (they are not named rescue.img).
>
Well, I'll be darned..you're right. I coulda sworn that there was a
rescue.img. :-) I just learned something new then. :-)
FWIW, I've never had any problem with the RedHat rescue disk.. and
I've used it several times. :-)
One of the more recent times was to boot up a system I didn't know
the root password on to add a user and change the root password...
and I did it the RIGHT way... :-)
logged in using the boot and rescue disks, mounted the hard drive,
changed root to the hard drive and then ran "passwd root" and changed
the root password. The first time I did that, I forgot to run "sync"
afterwards and spent about 10 minutes pulling what little hair I have
left out. ;-)
After I figured it out, it was a cinch to reboot with the rescue
disk, change the password again, THIS time, I ran "sync," unmounted
the system and rebooted. ;-)
Worked like a charm! :-)
John
