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On Wednesday 01 June 2011 11:52:25 Pandu Poluan wrote: |
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> On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 03:35, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> > On Tuesday 31 May 2011 21:02:46 Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> > I see. In my head it is as if we're going against the udev principle of |
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> > populating required device nodes. If udev does not start, isn't it time |
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> > to head for the nearest LiveCD, or must we ensure that every breakage |
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> > is fixable in single-user mode? |
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> There are cases for each, but I personally prefer going single-user. |
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> Especially when working on virtualized servers. |
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+1 |
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Even though with virtualized servers, using Xen, it's possible to access the |
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filesystem easily from the host. |
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I do prefer to have the option for a single-usermode to fix things as I tend to |
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disconnect CD-drives in servers to keep the CD-drives from killing themselves |
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by being powered non-stop. |
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