From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KvIrr-0007zr-Ux for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:46:20 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BAC92E039B; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:46:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from yx-out-1718.google.com (yx-out-1718.google.com [74.125.44.157]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91176E039B for ; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:46:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: by yx-out-1718.google.com with SMTP id 4so95189yxp.46 for ; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:46:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=OjoJwQP+arXSutz/iVDjZo565jXdxLiHLk/ntdAK0UY=; b=xaskMBzT1UVXb2iPFhdQksOKEcfBQ/jbktVu4SOf3dq7Y7AnwLBd/rw3Rc+sgCotPY IYfyRTGRa6gTr0cFquCeWCZwugoHaD/RjDBYirfDBJ323Z+REICZy9d+aJEqNHnoDygN NICjeiIHc8N5TfgtbkMHNxrm/41g9rf4S8qOU= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=hqxKVssXSW4IxhqoiUlYFFsFTONbLWZLBDk99vRVjkZq15M9f3tdTPoq8dXG0oJOU5 GnxYRU/rbKiQ4ksajMUI39F0CUlvdXYdQZ0GWJyxo+hy3C8TE5QaIja8xysyyd4Qe+lH PY9yAuO/yA7NJVcYWMpxhWWaAnxcPf6C+SVWA= Received: by 10.142.224.5 with SMTP id w5mr4232911wfg.288.1225316774642; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:46:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.142.215.15 with HTTP; Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:46:14 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <5bdc1c8b0810291446i2492363v37824c167838b0d@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:46:14 -0700 From: "Mark Knecht" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] blocks to fix In-Reply-To: <20081029204913.53c484ff@digimed.co.uk> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <5bdc1c8b0810281934y6b4370al84f174a1d11f6b87@mail.gmail.com> <047601c93970$26c2f0c0$a500a8c0@quan> <20081029162433.GY18532@edespot.com> <5bdc1c8b0810291100y8ceb38ey3fb3dfc999a5c168@mail.gmail.com> <20081029204913.53c484ff@digimed.co.uk> X-Archives-Salt: f2b30996-9366-4c99-b7ac-3389129208d5 X-Archives-Hash: 094971b26b3391fe7770f6c30a44cf09 On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Wed, 29 Oct 2008 11:00:41 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > >> Thanks all. I do need to be careful about this as the machine is 400 >> miles away and the user is completely unable to be of any help if it >> stops working meaning I have to drive or the box has to be shipped. >> Either alternative is not good. > > It's a bit late now, but installing a second distro, or a bare stage 3 > gentoo, as a dual boot so you can still access the machoine if it breaks. > As an alternative, send the user a GRML CD and get them to boot that if > things go wrong. > > > -- > Neil Bothwick I tried the Gentoo install CD with him a couple of years ago. He was unable to get ssh set up and tell me what his firewall's IP address was. Please remember, some of these folks fought in WW2. They are not recent IT graduates! ;-) Having a second install is a reasonable idea. I suppose I can probably install that remotely but I cannot test it remotely (AFAIK) without someone handy to choose the right line in the grub menu... Thanks, Mark