Todd Walton wrote:
On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 11:20 PM, Carl Lowenstein
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 9:10 PM, Todd Walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 6:21 PM, Paul G. Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It's interesting to see how much is gone, but yet the system still boots
> into single user mode and the data that is left on the HDD can still be
> accessed via a live or rescue CD.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't single user mode just the kernel
and a (shell) binary?
You also get mounted file systems. And the opportunity to run programs.
Right. But I'm just saying that it doesn't seem so amazing that you
can still boot into single user mode even when half your files are
toast.
Compare to Windows. Remove 65% of the files comprising a Windows system
and see if it boots and allows you to do anything in it. I probably got
lucky and caught it before it removed any /really/ important stuff.
Trying to install FC8 from a FC8 LiveCD failed with an exception twice.
Looks like I'll have to find my spare IDE drive and copy the more
important data to it via USB, then do a clean install after I get a DVD.
PGA
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