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From: Donnie Berkholz <spyderous@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] i have an idea ! (erescue)
Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 17:33:23
Message-Id: 428A2AEA.40001@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] i have an idea ! (erescue) by Chris Gianelloni
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4 Chris Gianelloni wrote:
5 > A much better approach would be for there to be a rescue build,
6 > completely independent of the stages, since it doesn't need to mirror
7 > them in any way. It should be extracted (self-extracted?) to something
8 > like /rescue and executed from there, being completely self-contained.
9 > This keeps it from stomping on system files and breaking
10 > collision-protect or doing anything else nasty like hosing configuration
11 > files (ever made the mistake of extracting a stage onto a live
12 > filesystem?) when unpacked.
13
14 This sounds a lot like saying, use an initrd, but when you pivot roots
15 to the live filesystem, leave it mounted somewhere.
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Re: [gentoo-dev] i have an idea ! (erescue) Chris Gianelloni <wolf31o2@g.o>