Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 13 Nov 2001 16:23:51 -0800 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: fdutils. |
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Pascal Schmidt wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > > >>Without a floppy-based rescue system, you have to use bootable CDROM, >>usually supplied by a vendor, without the tools to truly rescue a >>system. You can only re-install. For instance some vendors don't >>provide a SCSI-tape module so you can't recover from a SCSI tape. >> > > There are a few minimalistic distributions that can be burned onto CDROM > for rescue operations. Just add your favourite kernel with all your > required drivers and you are ready to go. > > Shameless plug: I use my own distribtion > http://www.tzi.de/~pharao90/ttylinux/ > for the same purpose. ;) >
And some not-so-minimalistic systems... you can fit an awful lot on a CD.
http://www.kernel.org/pub/dist/superrescue/
-hpa
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