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From: "Sean P. Kane" <spkane@genomatica.com>
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Subject: [gentoo-dev] Gentoo Based Rescue CD
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Has anyone made or considered making a bootable Gentoo Based Rescue CD
(based on the LiveCD and Install CD work)? I think this could be a great
idea and would actually like to give it a try, but I don't want to
duplicate work and would love the input of others if they are
interested.

I haven't thought through this all the way yet, but some of the things
that I think would make this truly powerful would include:

a kernel compiled with emergency situations in mind (i.e. write support
for NTFS, even if it isn't super stable) (maybe even a few compiled
kernels selectable at boot, if need be.

With portage you should be able to setup a nice sized ramdisk that would
allow people to even emerge tools they might need that aren't on the
disk for their rescue operation.

Gentoo offers a very modern (cutting-edge) dist which means that it has
the most useful tools for most situations.

Etc......

Any input regarding other attempts or general input would be
appreciated.

Thanks,
Sean

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Sean P. Kane
spkane@genomatica.com
Lead Infrastructure Architect
Genomatica, Inc.
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"When we destroy something man has created we call it vandalism......
 When we destroy something that Gaia has created we call it progress."


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