Re: /usr/lib vs /usr/libexec

[Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>]

Bernd Eckenfels <ecki@lina.inka.de> writes:

> In article <[🔎] 877ji7f5tq.fsf@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de> you wrote:
>> No lvm backup data available in case of superblock corruption. Bad
>> idea. No booting with init=/bin/sh to patch things back together as /
>> can't be mounted. Bad idea again.
>
> You can store the backup wherever you like, and an emergency boot via usb
> stick,  netboot or standby volume is the default way to recover a server.
>
> Gruss
> Bernd

Sure. I can type with my toes using windows and putty too.

But you can forget your usb rescue stick or misplace your rescue
cd. Can't happen to / and for the most parts that is enough to rescue
the system or dd | netcat a backup to another host.

I used it often enought to not want to miss it the next time.

MfG
        Goswin