Re: Boot disk dilemma

[Hubert Chan <hackerhue@crosswinds.net>]

"Daniel Whelan" <ophe1an@hotmail.com> writes:

> OK folks...it looks like I've got myself a bit of a problem. Suffice to say,
> the libc.so.6 on one of my boxes got wiped out. Unfortunately, I'm nowhere near
> the box, and only have a semi-computer-literate "remote hands" at the location,
> without any boot disks (well, there was one, but it doesn't boot anymore). So,
> I figure the best solution is to make some sort of boot disk with just enough
> to boot up, mount the filesystem, and either copy libc.so.6 from a floppy or
> download it from a machine. Then I could walk him through creating a floppy
> from a disk image, and all would be well. Any suggestions on this?

Well, I would say to just use the Debian install disks.  They should be
suitable for use as a rescue disk.  (I don't quite remember how to get at the
shell, but it's there somewhere.)  It's not the single-disk solution, but at
least you know it works.

Hubert.