I have several rather complex debian systems, including software raid 5 and lvm, &c. Occasionally, in the past, I have upgraded a debian system, after which it no longer boots successfully. Unfortunately, for these complex systems, neither the install/boot media, nor knoppix, result in access to the files necessary to recover these systems. So, going forward, I want to incorporate generation of bootable rescue cd's into my upgrade processes. Clearly, such a cd will exactly duplicate my last successful boot, and give access to ALL files and filesystems. [1] What is the simplest & most reliable process for creating such a cd? [2] Upgrading WHICH packages should be followed by creating such cd? Obviously, upgrading vim itself is NOT likely to jeopardize my next boot; but, the kernel, some libraries, and some packages involved in the early boot stages, are possible culprits. What do you do? What do you think? -- Best Regards, helices - Dare to fix things before they break . . . - Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . --
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