On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 07:04:15PM -0700, Olivier Cr?te wrote > The rescue system should be entirely separate from the main system, so > it survives mishandled upgrades. So having that should not hinder how > your main system is built. So you should have it as a separate partition > or you can even have it an initramfs (ie, in a single file on the main > system).
If you want *REALLY* "entirely separate from the main system", you should be looking at a "rescue CD" or bootable USB key. That's about as safe as you can get. -- Walter Dnes <waltd...@waltdnes.org>
