From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp04.gnvlscdb.sys.nuvox.net (smtp.nuvox.net [64.89.70.9]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j4PDWeN1015537 for ; Wed, 25 May 2005 13:32:40 GMT Received: from cgianelloni.nuvox.net (216.215.202.4.nw.nuvox.net [216.215.202.4]) by smtp04.gnvlscdb.sys.nuvox.net (8.12.11/8.12.11) with SMTP id j4PDWrXG024614 for ; Wed, 25 May 2005 09:32:53 -0400 Received: by cgianelloni.nuvox.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Wed, 25 May 2005 09:32:23 -0400 Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] i have an idea ! (erescue) ro-overlays From: Chris Gianelloni To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <42939879.1050608@comcast.net> References: <200505151718.06501.vapier@gentoo.org> <1116192710.8413.6.camel@TesterBox.tester.ca> <1116251834.14448.77.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net> <1116290915.10849.8.camel@TesterBox.tester.ca> <1116348700.14290.32.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net> <428A2AEA.40001@gentoo.org> <1116352313.14290.34.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net> <42939879.1050608@comcast.net> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-3H8NSCgWkBzs/n1vN+Or" Organization: Gentoo Linux Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 09:32:23 -0400 Message-Id: <1117027943.14290.133.camel@cgianelloni.nuvox.net> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.2 X-Archives-Salt: 951c0eb3-6804-436b-8635-b8c3d34f817b X-Archives-Hash: 87fe4814dd4a199395530fbdd87a1ab2 --=-3H8NSCgWkBzs/n1vN+Or Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 2005-05-24 at 14:11 -0700, Jim Northrup wrote: > I'm very happy with new GUID-based volume mounting and more stable raid=20 > tools, but a CF-based or initrd root available when /lib goes to hell is=20 > an absolute must for supporting fault tolerance. If you use genkernel to build your kernel, then you will have a usable initrd with lvm2/evms/dmraid (via --lvm2, --evms, or --dmraid) capabilities and tools for rescuing your system. This is only good for filesystem rescue, though. It won't help you if you emerge a bad copy of binutils or gcc. --=20 Chris Gianelloni Release Engineering - Strategic Lead/QA Manager Games - Developer Gentoo Linux --=-3H8NSCgWkBzs/n1vN+Or Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBClH5nkT4lNIS36YERAm8nAJ9vi8HzdBdHGiVqIRj4/ts7mdXp8ACgnF/8 ErfOX2u+/zPHVLPmtG7EOM8= =5lFe -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-3H8NSCgWkBzs/n1vN+Or-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list