On 30/01/07, Volker Kuhlmann wrote:
> Yes, the SuSE DVD had "rescue" as one of the boot options, but fsck
> couldn't fix it (at least not with me in the driver's seat). I was
> flying blind as "man fsck" was not available (no man pages in rescue
> mode? - not impressed!)
You'd be even less impressed if the rescue system failed to load
altogether, because all the bahoo included in it bombs out your RAM.
Unlike other rescue systems, the SUSE one is loaded completely into RAM,
freeing your CD drive.
I can see why some people might need that.
Rescue systems are intended more for those who
know how to run them, man pages are not high on the list there,
IOW no use to non-gurus.
and can always be looked up on the spare computer.
Maybe I'll pick up a spare computer next time they're offered free on the list.
But if you prefer the full GUI thing
I would've settled for a man page in console mode - I never said
anything about a GUI.
The *install* DVD never left the drive, so the man pages where there
if only I knew how to access them.
Anyway, as Chris pointed out it would've been useless for reiser4 anyway.
instead of getting the job done, then you know where to look. Or use the
SUSE live distro.
SuSE live distro wasn't on the APC Mag DVD.
There is room for both kinds of those live systems, and I keep both at
hand to select the right one for the job, though I can't recall any
occasion where I actually needed the GUI and AV for a fix-up job.
I can't think of such an occassion either. I wouldn't waste space on
the rescue disk for a gui when that space could instead be filled with
helpful *documentation* to assist non-gurus with trouble shooting. man
pages for only the most common rescue tools (fsck, dd, etc) would be
nice and wouldn't take up too much memory. Kilobytes rather than
megabytes.
I couldn't even get anything with "fsck --help".
Yuri
