* Bill Thompson <Billt@Mahagonny.com> [2007:09:28:16:18:26-0700] scribed: > On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:27:02 -0500 > helices <helices@helices.org> wrote: > > > What do you do? > > > > If you are looking at just recovering a system that won't boot, you > don't need a specific Debian disk to do it. I usually carry a copy of > the System Rescue CD (http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page). It has all > of the tools I need to recover a downed system. If I need to work on > the Debian system itself, I mount the drive and chroot into the > partition. Once there I can su to root so that I am using the proper > Debian environment, run apt-get to update software, and test the > configuration of any of the installed services or utilities. > > Why re-invent the wheel? Well, because the two (2) systems on which I have experienced these -- to me -- insurmountable boot problems were running lvm on top of software raid 5. I was NOT able to get to the root filesystem files using debian rescue cd nor knoppix. Both times this happened, it had something to do with initramfs; but, after many, many days of struggle, it became easier to rebuild from scratch, and to restore specifics on top of that from tape. What am I missing? -- 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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