"Brett I. Holcomb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> "Brett I. Holcomb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >You may need to unmount the system to do the repair. >> >> Would that mean to start from a different Linux, e.g. from the >> LiveCD? (Because it's the root file system; when unmounted, no more >> programs) > > Yes, it would. You would need the LiveCD or another partition that can be > booted.
On some machines I have installed a very minimal Linux system on the boot partition. Normally, this partition won't be mounted, but I have a menu choice in grub which starts this rescue partition. -- Hilsen Harald. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list