Re: [CentOS] How does Linux Repair actually work

2011-03-24 Thread Rajagopal Swaminathan
Greetings, On 3/24/11, Rajagopal Swaminathan wrote: > Don't leave Centos if you care for your life for next 3 years. > A small correction "Don't leave your Centos (laptop/phone/anywhere) if you care for your life at least upto 2020 -- have a 20:20 vision for a change" Rest, as they say, are sm

Re: [CentOS] How does Linux Repair actually work

2011-03-24 Thread Todd Cary
On 3/24/2011 10:30 AM, David Brian Chait wrote: >> Sacrilege! >> This will make sense to only all IT (not income tax, stupid) >> professionals : use Centos 5 or wait for centos 6 . > Exactly right, most orgs are not clamoring for 6 right now. Very few people > would put their environments at risk

Re: [CentOS] How does Linux Repair actually work

2011-03-24 Thread David Brian Chait
> Sacrilege! > This will make sense to only all IT (not income tax, stupid) > professionals : use Centos 5 or wait for centos 6 . Exactly right, most orgs are not clamoring for 6 right now. Very few people would put their environments at risk just to play with the newest toy on the block. Cent

Re: [CentOS] How does Linux Repair actually work

2011-03-24 Thread Rajagopal Swaminathan
Greetings, > Grab SL6 (two DVDs) Sacrilege! This will make sense to only all IT (not income tax, stupid) professionals : use Centos 5 or wait for centos 6 . Don't leave Centos if you care for your life for next 3 years. and then you have a choice of whatever that is virus infectable, hence p

Re: [CentOS] How does Linux Repair actually work

2011-03-24 Thread Brunner, Brian T.
centos-boun...@centos.org wrote: > I was hesitant to congratulate myself on restoring /boot and > /boot/grub *if* linux-rescue had done it. So, with the help of > this forum I did get things back in order other than updating the > MBR, and that was done by linux-rescue. > > Onward...and again, th

Re: [CentOS] How does Linux Repair actually work

2011-03-24 Thread Todd Cary
I was hesitant to congratulate myself on restoring /boot and /boot/grub *if* linux-rescue had done it. So, with the help of this forum I did get things back in order other than updating the MBR, and that was done by linux-rescue. Onward...and again, thank you. Todd P.S. I would download SL6

Re: [CentOS] How does Linux Repair actually work

2011-03-24 Thread Brunner, Brian T.
centos-boun...@centos.org wrote: > Thanks to the help of folks on this forum, I now have my > Centos 4 box up and working, however I do have a question on > how the repair actually worked. > > After starting the Linux Repair, the process "found my > installed Linux". Some of you will remember tha

Re: [CentOS] How does Linux Repair actually work

2011-03-24 Thread Les Mikesell
On 3/24/11 2:59 AM, Simon Matter wrote: >> Thanks to the help of folks on this forum, I now have my Centos 4 >> box up and working, however I do have a question on how the >> repair actually worked. >> >> After starting the Linux Repair, the process "found my installed >> Linux". Some of you will

Re: [CentOS] How does Linux Repair actually work

2011-03-24 Thread Simon Matter
> Thanks to the help of folks on this forum, I now have my Centos 4 > box up and working, however I do have a question on how the > repair actually worked. > > After starting the Linux Repair, the process "found my installed > Linux". Some of you will remember that I had accidentally erased > the

Re: [CentOS] How does Linux Repair actually work

2011-03-23 Thread Nico Kadel-Garcia
On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Todd Cary wrote: > Thanks to the help of folks on this forum, I now have my Centos 4 box up and > working, however I do have a question on how the repair actually worked. > > After starting the Linux Repair, the process "found my installed Linux". > Some of you wil

[CentOS] How does Linux Repair actually work

2011-03-23 Thread Todd Cary
Thanks to the help of folks on this forum, I now have my Centos 4 box up and working, however I do have a question on how the repair actually worked. After starting the Linux Repair, the process "found my installed Linux". Some of you will remember that I had accidentally erased the /boot an