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On Tue, 2005-05-24 at 14:11 -0700, Jim Northrup wrote: |
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> I'm very happy with new GUID-based volume mounting and more stable raid |
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> tools, but a CF-based or initrd root available when /lib goes to hell is |
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> an absolute must for supporting fault tolerance. |
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If you use genkernel to build your kernel, then you will have a usable |
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initrd with lvm2/evms/dmraid (via --lvm2, --evms, or --dmraid) |
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capabilities and tools for rescuing your system. |
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This is only good for filesystem rescue, though. It won't help you if |
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you emerge a bad copy of binutils or gcc. |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering - Strategic Lead/QA Manager |
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Games - Developer |
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Gentoo Linux |
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