I demand that Stephen Frost may or may not have written... > * Roger Leigh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: >> I used a statically-linked binary just a few days ago. I needed to resize >> an NTFS partition on a newly-delivered system which came with Windows XP. >> In the event, I was able to get a statically linked binary, copy it onto a >> floppy and run this after booting from a rescue disk.
>> So, it's very useful for rescue situations, where you can't rely on a >> whole suite of shared libs, or any installation at all. > Boot Knoppix or similar from a CD. Knoppix or similar may not have the required binary. ;-) > PCs today are more often installed with CDs than floppies anyway. That's > really a pretty poor reason. It's possible that you may not have a CD-ROM drive for, or in, a particular machine: I don't for my laptop, and if I did, I may not always carry it or, for that matter, the floppy drive (which is removable) with the computer. [snip] -- | Darren Salt | nr. Ashington, | linux (or ds) at | woody, sarge, | Northumberland | youmustbejoking | RISC OS | Toon Army | demon co uk | Oh, sarge too... You are standing on my toes.