Linux Recovery

[Rob Williams]

Hi Guys, 

I apologize for this Linux-ignorant question, but I would appreciate any help. 

What's the best way of recovering Linux after a failure.  The two failures I'm
thinking of right away are 1. Kernel panic and 2. Lilo failure. 

I'm guessing that there would be a way to install lilo and a small kernel on a
bootdisk as a backup so you can restore the original kernel?

How is this done?

Thanks for the help, 
Rob Williams
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