From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MbDBh-0002ej-R1 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:44:18 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C7035E0435; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:44:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-fx0-f218.google.com (mail-fx0-f218.google.com [209.85.220.218]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 82626E0435 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:44:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm18 with SMTP id 18so4339528fxm.14 for ; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 05:44:16 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=kFpwl2eIIZrhYXsERBmwVK1sBYauCwwxLa8PKQ/HOok=; b=XSgJwnsX2GLmPii8K5nDdOE+ko0llNskHRJDEQ33bSVLZCAQK36whV+zajK+AjGWri O49o/zroJ1wdNMnHw+CPs16PJ0sC+0KGO0Mmf5iY5+U8sKcRH0mBc8Pjwl47mcL0iNfB ToCl8xPw96+PJ/zub9cqrStJe7NalhshA5/wg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=lsYKrrKU1meRwkIHo9KoFiBWFWk93ytJhWJO82SkrauEjoIOKs+F+kvUkfx9y8IVEE utW7I9ZfdokiNTvtClxzli8djc40hK/DP+RP/GGTA4po/k7ZQGtPxT6OyfrYF9MobGpu FeG1+aWDQvcyYl+yWdbBCVb2yx1Tr+tXKtEGY= 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 Received: by 10.223.143.15 with SMTP id s15mr21937fau.77.1250081055947; Wed, 12 Aug 2009 05:44:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <200908121328.53856.shrdlu@unlimitedmail.org> References: <7bef1f890908112213r5a7e08a4k7703ca14a9d9bcfb@mail.gmail.com> <20090812091028.GA4887@ca.inter.net> <4A82AADF.70600@gmail.com> <200908121328.53856.shrdlu@unlimitedmail.org> Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:44:15 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Knock on wood From: Ward Poelmans To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 2a5567bf-b6d1-47f4-8e2d-e62adf1bdf85 X-Archives-Hash: 0ac76036ef4d98cb6070b71550a47274 On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 14:28, Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: >> Any advice on this kind of situation? I would rather not buy a "backup >> laptop". > > Keeping the previous (working) kernel, and having a rescue disk around usually > is enough to fix most kinds of breakages. Also building binary packages is > useful for quickly restored broken packages (FEATURES=buildpkg or something > like that in make.conf). Ubuntu on a USB drive is very helpfull in all kinds of situations ;-) And it's a lot cheaper then a backup laptop. Ward