On Tue, 23 Oct 2001, Aurelio Turco wrote: > 1: A runaway root process fills up the disk. > (Will I not be able to get in as root and > kill the offending process?) Not always. It could be absorbing vast amounts of processor power as well. > 2: The filesystem becomes damaged. > (Will I not be able run from a rescue floppy > and repair the damage from there?) It's rare, but it would still be easier to restore from backup. -- Baloo