<DIV><BR><BR><B><I>"Jarod C. Wilson" <jcw@wilsonet.com></I></B> wrote:
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<P>On Dec 25, 2003, at 00:30, Stuart Felenstein wrote:<BR><BR>> For whatever reason that didn't seem to be an option or work. It <BR>> never gave me the choice to type 'linux rescue'. The screen comes up <BR>> with two options one being text, but it doesn't allow me to choose. I <BR>> probably was not using the CD correctly.<BR><BR>Eh?!? Did you not ever get a "boot:" prompt? And what happens if you <BR>press F1-5 before the kernel starts loading? You *should* see various <BR>explanation texts of different things you can do. I believe F5 is some <BR>docs on rescue mode. You ought to be able to type in "linux rescue" at <BR>the prompt and be able to go to town. If you're not able to do any of <BR>the above, something is amiss with your installer CD, because that's <BR>been typical of Red Hat installation CDs for some years now...</P>
<P><STRONG>I did not know about the F1-5 option. I did read through the steps at RHN but apparently there was either a step missing or I messed up.</STRONG><BR><BR>> "Jarod C. Wilson" <JCW@WILSONET.COM>wrote:<BR>><BR>> And if you're a RH/FC person, you can also boot off CD1, and pass<BR>> "linux rescue" at the boot: prompt. I vary between that and Knoppix for<BR>> most rescue operations.<BR><BR>There's always Knoppix (or the Gentoo or most any other live CD). The <BR>Linux Bootable Business Card (lnxbbc) is also a good option. (I've been <BR>playing with PHLAK some lately, though that live CD is intended for a <BR>bit different use... :).<BR></P>
<P><STRONG>I ran a Debian rescue iso, and it did get me to maintenance mode. Ran fsck on /dev/hda1 and saw a whole mess of things I was not comprehending, cloned I-Nodes seemed to be predominant. I don't think my interaction helped one bit.</STRONG></P>
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