gt; just because it includes mc. >
> Hoyt wrote:
> >
> > - Original Message -
> > From: Tim & Val Litwiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 10:36 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Cooker] Rescue IS
i too also d/l'd it but burnt a coaster @#$@#
i gotta try it again sometime.
On Sun, 27 Feb 2000, you wrote:
> - Original Message -
> From: webmedic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2000 7:00 PM
>
- Original Message -
From: webmedic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2000 7:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Cooker] Rescue ISO?
> actually I noticed and went and downloaded it.
>
Waht it needs are some scripts to build a DemoLinux CD fro
actually I noticed and went and downloaded it.
Hoyt wrote:
> well then, /usr/bin and other tools andfiles could be on the CD, with links
> from the ramdisk filesystem to them. Loading the special utility programs
> would be slow, but you only need to load and run them once to fix the
> problem.
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From: Pixel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2000 3:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Cooker] Rescue ISO?
> David Hedbor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > If you have an ISO-rescue-image, there really isn't
David Hedbor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> If you have an ISO-rescue-image, there really isn't any reason why it
> would _have_ to be minimal other than to save potential download time.
one reason is the ability to fit in ramdisk and free the cdrom drive...
another reason for having it in ramdi
Saturday, February 26, 2000 10:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [Cooker] Rescue ISO?
>
> > I agree here mc does just about everything. for getting around easy on
> > command prompt based system. My current boot floppy is from peanut linux
> > just because it includes mc.
> >
>
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Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 10:41 PM
Subject: Re: [Cooker] Rescue ISO?
> I agree here mc does just about everything. for getting around easy on
> command prompt based system. My curr
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 10:36 AM
> Subject: Re: [Cooker] Rescue ISO?
>
> > if you have problems with long line in pico use pico -w to turn of
> automatic
> > word wrap.
> > I think pico is the perfect quick editor, but I would h
On Sat, 26 Feb 2000, David Hedbor wrote:
> Tim & Val Litwiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > If you have problems with long line in pico use pico -w to turn of
> > automatic word wrap.
>
> That doesn't solve all the problems actually. Lines longer than some
> number of chars gets wrapped any
Tim & Val Litwiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> If you have problems with long line in pico use pico -w to turn of
> automatic word wrap.
That doesn't solve all the problems actually. Lines longer than some
number of chars gets wrapped anyway. :)
> I think pico is the perfect quick editor, bu
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From: Tim & Val Litwiller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 10:36 AM
Subject: Re: [Cooker] Rescue ISO?
> if you have problems with long line in pico use pico -w to turn of
automatic
> word wrap.
if you have problems with long line in pico use pico -w to turn of automatic
word wrap.
I think pico is the perfect quick editor, but I would hate to use it to write a
whole web site or some such project.
David Hedbor wrote:
> "geoffrey lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > E...!! emacs!!
"geoffrey lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> E...!! emacs!! urgh... it's so big and kludged ! :-)
It might be big, but I use Emacs for A LOT of things, like writing
this email for example. What I like with emacs other than the
editor-part is being able to use it for so many things.
> I use
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> > Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 4:36 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [Cooker] Rescue ISO?
> >
> >
> >
> > Since I stopped using Slackware oh so many years ago, I haven'
added my comment at the end:
On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, you wrote:
> hi,
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Hedbor
> > Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 4:48 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hi,
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Hedbor
> Sent: Saturday, February 26, 2000 4:48 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [Cooker] Rescue ISO?
>
>
> Pixel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
very interesting. think i'll looking into! btw: w/ the ide-floppy
interface, load speeds are much improved so i'm not too worried about that.
anyways, it's better than having no rescue disk! especially when messing with
/etc!
On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, you wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, R
On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, you wrote:
> Good idea. By the way windows 2000 does something similar to this.
>
yippe. makes me wanna go out and spend $400 for it.
> Pixel wrote:
> >
> > "geoffrey lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > hi,
> > >
> > > oh ok. :) i misunderstood your msg. so you
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From: geoffrey lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 6:12 AM
Subject: RE: [Cooker] Rescue ISO?
> hi,
>
> oh ok. :) i misunderstood your msg. so you want a ISO image that can be
> burned onto the C
Pixel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> "Geoffrey lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > oh ok. :) i misunderstood your msg. so you want a ISO image that can be
> > burned onto the CD-R for booting when you screw up something on your system?
>
> As for the rescue. 7.1 should have a goo
Good idea. By the way windows 2000 does something similar to this.
Pixel wrote:
>
> "geoffrey lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > hi,
> >
> > oh ok. :) i misunderstood your msg. so you want a ISO image that can be
> > burned onto the CD-R for booting when you screw up something on your syste
On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Roger wrote:
> I have an ls120 drive, of which, doesn't have full kernel support yet for a
> rescue disk makingmi know i should have one as well. buying
> another 3 1/2 disk drive takes another irq, so is'nt the solution to my
> problem. (guess i hafta kernel patc
"geoffrey lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> hi,
>
> oh ok. :) i misunderstood your msg. so you want a ISO image that can be
> burned onto the CD-R for booting when you screw up something on your system?
as for the rescue. 7.1 should have a good one.
the idea is to use a rescue_stage2.img inst
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> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 5:01 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [Cooker] Rescue ISO?
>
>
> "geoffrey lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > If your system is too broken to even use sash (linux
i also think this would be extremely useful if a newbie get's into a "jam" and
is being provided technical support via telephone. would make things much
easier as too having essentially "any" needed tool "at your disposal".
On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, you wrote:
> Since I stopped using Slackware oh so
... i sort of like this idea. you know when floppy became a standard for
backup media? well, i think the cdrom is well established as well and could be
done the same way! most are bootable as well. i'm sure anyone that can boot
the mandrake 7.0 cdrom would be able to use this.
By the way,
"geoffrey lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
>
> If your system is too broken to even use sash (linux 1 at the lilo boot
> prompt.) why don't you check out tomsrtbt...
Well, often when I need a rescue disk is if I screw up a kernel
install. I normally do this now by booting the normal insta
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> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 4:36 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [Cooker] Rescue ISO?
>
>
>
> Since I stopped using Slackware oh so many years ago, I haven't used
> one distribution with a good rescue disk using standard tools
Since I stopped using Slackware oh so many years ago, I haven't used
one distribution with a good rescue disk using standard tools. I have
never checked out the Mandrake rescue disk either - mostly due to the
requirement of actually using a floppy.
What about providing a second iso-image that is
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