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From: Jim Northrup <glamdring-inc@comcast.net>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] i have an idea ! (erescue) ro-overlays
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Mike Frysinger wrote:
>On Tuesday 24 May 2005 05:11 pm, Jim Northrup wrote:
>
>
>>but a CF-based or initrd root available when /lib goes to hell is
>>an absolute must for supporting fault tolerance.
>>
>>
>
>do you mean like the disk underneath /lib is blown to crap or a bad glibc is
>merged ?
>
>if the latter, then the new busybox can help ... just boot with init=/bin/bb
>and you should have plenty of tools to recover with
>-mike
>
>
great advice.
I've learned whenever md or devfs rework occurs, or the **/sbin tools
get rev'd, its foolish to proceed without a rescue nearby.
of course bb is a space-saver, but i find myself turning the room upside
down for full-static versions of tar, nc and fileutils
Jim
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