Re: Bug#334994: debian-installer/function=rescue

[Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr>]

On Mon, Oct 24, 2005 at 11:23:58AM +0100, Colin Watson wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 22, 2005 at 11:17:29AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> > Sounds like a good idea, i am myself planing to implement a function which
> > would allow to regenerate the system automatically (basically redo the initrd
> > build, or upgrade from a 2.4 to a 2.6 kernel using yaird, or for newer
> > hardware, or some stuff involving strange root filesystem situations like evms
> > migration and such).
> 
> I think that should be integrated into rescue mode, along with a simple
> "reinstall my bootloader" option. (It'd be far too complicated for a
> single string template anyway, and users want to select this sort of
> thing from a menu, not have to remember an obscure rune to type at the
> boot: prompt.)

Yep, that makes sense.

BTW, i am curious about these things, are we able to kind of auto-detect the
root partition of the system to rescue, maybe using the other-os thingy or a
variation thereof ? Or does the user have to mount the root partition through
partman ?

Friendly,

Sven Luther