On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, Eric Wood wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bernhard Rosenkraenzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> >On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, Eric Wood wrote:
> >
> >> I got it from:
> >>
> >> ftp://people.redhat.com/bero/rescue-6.1
> >>
> >> However, this image won't boot.
> >
> >It isn't supposed to boot.
> >Use the normal boot disk to boot, enter "rescue" at the prompt, and insert
> >the rescue disk when you're prompted for it.
>
> Oh! Would you add a readme.txt file in you ftp directory explaining that.
ok, it's time for boot disks 101. there is obviously some confusion
between a "boot disk" and a "rescue disk".
if you want, you can build a *bootable* boot disk using the "mkbootdisk"
command. this would represent the first stage in emergency procedures.
the rescue disk (the kind you can build from the now-obsolete
rescue.img image from 6.0) is *not* bootable. it is, in fact,
a compressed ext2-type root filesystem that can then be loaded
into RAM so that you can run a minimal linux system without
using the hard drive. this rescue image does in fact come loaded
with all of the /dev entries you need to access the hard drive.
the boot disk lets you load a kernel and boot only to the point
where you now need a root filesystem, and that's what the second
(rescue) disk provides.
i can provide more detail if you want.
rday
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