Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] blocks to fix
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:24:23
Message-Id: 20081030172419.48c66bc7@zaphod.digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] blocks to fix by Momesso Andrea
1 On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 06:46:30 +0100, Momesso Andrea wrote:
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3 > > It's a bit late now, but installing a second distro, or a bare stage 3
4 > > gentoo, as a dual boot so you can still access the machoine if it
5 > > breaks. As an alternative, send the user a GRML CD and get them to
6 > > boot that if things go wrong.
7
8 > There is no need to drive there or to send a cd. Even with no com_err
9 > and no wget, you can still ssh into the machine, so scp should work too.
10
11 On this occasion, yes. But as a general CYA policy, as long as the user
12 is capable of making a selection from a boot menu, a fallback distro
13 would be useful in this situation.
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17 Neil Bothwick
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19 If it isn't broken, I can fix it.

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Re: [gentoo-user] blocks to fix Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>