On Wed, Aug 18, 1999 at 02:25:56AM -0400, Justin Wells wrote: > OK, it was a bit of a troll--but I really do set up backup roots on > important systems. I don't view them as live recovery options though, > I view them as an alternate way to reboot a failed system, if it > is hosed so badly that it won't even boot. I consider this preferable > to floppies, since they're always in the drive, and since floppies > are highly unreliable. (I have boot floppies too, or more often boot > CD's these days--I just like not having to use them). > > My problem with the alternate root is you would still need at > least a couple of statics lying around to make use of it for > live recovery: > > su, sh, mount > > That would be an absolute minimum. You need to be able to acquire > a root shell (su and sh), and you need to be able to mount the > alternate root. Troll, troll, troll. That's what sash *already does*. That's been pointed out *many times*. You have yet to explain why that won't work for reasons other than *personal preference*. Mike Stone
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