On Fri, 2007.09.28 21:25, helices wrote: > Bill Thompson <Billt@Mahagonny.com> [2007:09:28:16:18:26-0700] scribed: > > 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. When I started using encryption, I was concerned about having access to the data easily in the case of a broken system. I wanted a rescue/live CD that would provide all the necessary Debian tools similarly enough that I could easily rescue my data using it if necessary. What I now use primarily is GRML from http://www.grml.org ; it is closely based on Debian, such that it actually resembles Debian (contrasted with Knoppix which, as far as I know, does not resemble Debian and is not really compatible with Debian's packages) and includes many Debian packages. As I see it: if you manage to set something up using Debian, GRML ought to work with it too without any problems.
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