Re: Re: Rescue mode when root account locked

On Thu, Jan 4, 2024 at 2:48 AM Larry Tyree wrote: > > What do I do with no access to another computer? I'm having trouble following your thread. The "Re: Re:" is throwing me off. Is this the original message you are replying to: ? Jeff

Re: Re: Rescue mode when root account locked

On Wed, Jan 03, 2024 at 08:44:16PM -0600, Larry Tyree wrote: > What do I do with no access to another computer? The original Subject: line says "Rescue mode when root account locked". Putting the Subject: and the body together, I conclude that the question is "How do I enter rescue mode when there

Re: Re: Rescue mode when root account locked

What do I do with no access to another computer?

Re: Rescue mode when root account locked

I'll unlock the root account then.

Re: Rescue mode when root account locked

On 2017-09-20, solitone wrote: > When I boot in rescue mode, I get this message: > > Cannot open access to console, the root account is locked. See > sulogin(8) man page for more details > > When I press Enter to continue, it continues bootup in normal graphical > mode. > > Would it be wiser to

Re: Rescue mode when root account locked

Am 20.09.2017 um 13:46 schrieb solitone: > When I boot in rescue mode, I get this message: > > Cannot open access to console, the root account is locked. See > sulogin(8) man page for more details > > When I press Enter to continue, it continues bootup in normal graphical > mode. > > Would it be

Re: Rescue mode when root account locked

On 20-09-17, solitone wrote: > When I boot in rescue mode, I get this message: > > Cannot open access to console, the root account is locked. See sulogin(8) > man page for more details > > When I press Enter to continue, it continues bootup in normal graphical > mode. > > Would it be wiser to un

Re: Rescue mode: cannot fix boot after raid1 repair

On Fri, 07 Nov 2014, Ron Leach wrote: > Late on, I found another Lenny CD1 (Lenny 5.0.6) which read fine and, > with that rescue system, managed to install Grub onto /dev/sdb though, > on reboot, it only reached a Grub prompt. Cool; glad you were able to get this to work. I probably wasn't clear

Re: Rescue mode: cannot fix boot after raid1 repair

On 06/11/2014 20:46, Don Armstrong wrote: On Thu, 06 Nov 2014, Ron Leach wrote: Tried the grub-install, but it failed complaining (loosely) that the 'image was too large for embedding, but the embedded image was needed for raid or lvm systems'. I'd mounted /boot2 to retain compatibility with th

Re: Rescue mode: cannot fix boot after raid1 repair

On Thu, 06 Nov 2014, Ron Leach wrote: > I wanted to skip the part where the new disk was re-synced because > that's going to take some 8 hours or so Start it now; you don't have to wait for it to finish. > On 06/11/2014 16:30, Don Armstrong wrote: > >2) Start the raid for / in degraded mode from

Re: Rescue mode: cannot fix boot after raid1 repair

Don, thank you for a very comprehensive sequence. I wanted to skip the part where the new disk was re-synced because that's going to take some 8 hours or so and I rather need to have the basic server up, albeit in degraded raid1 state, and then let it resync, so that the (few) users can access

Re: Rescue mode: cannot fix boot after raid1 repair

On Thu, 06 Nov 2014, Ron Leach wrote: > /dev/sdb is partitioned: > sdb1: /boot2 (this was a simple copy of /boot on /dev/sda1; sda1 and sdb1 > were not raid) > sdb2: (raid1) / > sdb3: (raid1) /usr > sdb4: (raid1) /var > sdb5: swap > sdb6: (raid1) /tmp > sdb7: (raid1) /home > sdb8: (raid1) /userdata

Re: Rescue Linux partition

randall wrote: > Johannes Wiedersich wrote: > its one of the spare times i actually found the ubuntu live-desktop cd > useful since it provides firefox with google while doing the rescue Debian's live cd (gnome or kde) also feature iceweasel aka firefox [1], no /need/ to use ubuntu. Cheers, Johan

Re: Rescue Linux partition

randall wrote: Johannes Wiedersich wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mirco Piccin wrote: HI, Is there a bootable utility that can be installed on a CD and rescue or back up the data in the Linux ext2 partitions on my HDD and write them to a CD using the CD writer o

Re: Rescue Linux partition

Johannes Wiedersich wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mirco Piccin wrote: HI, Is there a bootable utility that can be installed on a CD and rescue or back up the data in the Linux ext2 partitions on my HDD and write them to a CD using the CD writer on my system.

Re: Rescue Linux partition

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mirco Piccin wrote: > HI, > >> Is there a bootable utility that can be installed on a CD and rescue or back >> up the data in the Linux ext2 partitions on my HDD and write them to a CD >> using the CD writer on my system. > > I think that any Linux l

Re: Rescue Linux partition

HI, > Is there a bootable utility that can be installed on a CD and rescue or back > up the data in the Linux ext2 partitions on my HDD and write them to a CD > using the CD writer on my system. I think that any Linux live cd (DSL - Damn Small Linux, or Knoppix, for example) it's good to do the j

Re: rescue bootable cd ???

On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 04:04:52PM -0300, loos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > Em Qui, 2007-10-04 às 15:32 -0700, David Brodbeck escreveu: > > I find that LVM-over-RAID is not autodetected by most rescue disks. > > It's necessary to first bring up the RAID array manually with mdadm, >

Re: rescue bootable cd ???

On Tue, Oct 09, 2007 at 04:04:52PM -0300, loos wrote: > > The problem is grub. Grub has no support for this (lvm over raid) > > you need a lilo booter (wich the etch installer installs). > and a lilo based rescue CD. > > I was bitten quite often by this problem, therefore I use a /boot > outsid

Re: rescue bootable cd ???

Em Qui, 2007-10-04 às 15:32 -0700, David Brodbeck escreveu: > On Oct 3, 2007, at 6:03 PM, Daniel Burrows wrote: > > > On Sat, Sep 29, 2007 at 07:37:10PM -0500, helices > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > >> The problem with knoppix cd, and the debian installation/rescue > >> cd, is > >

Re: rescue bootable cd ???

On Oct 3, 2007, at 6:03 PM, Daniel Burrows wrote: On Sat, Sep 29, 2007 at 07:37:10PM -0500, helices <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: The problem with knoppix cd, and the debian installation/rescue cd, is that they do NOT understand the specifics of my lvm over software raid 5. The s

Re: rescue bootable cd ???

On Sat, Sep 29, 2007 at 07:37:10PM -0500, helices <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was heard to say: > The problem with knoppix cd, and the debian installation/rescue cd, is > that they do NOT understand the specifics of my lvm over software raid > 5. The specifics required probably all reside under /etc -- o

Re: rescue bootable cd ???

helices wrote: > I have several rather complex debian systems, including software raid 5 > and lvm, &c. > > Occasionally, in the past, I have upgraded a debian system, after which > it no longer boots successfully. Unfortunately, for these complex > systems, neither the install/boot media, nor kno

Re: rescue bootable cd ???

On 09/29/2007 07:37 PM, helices wrote: Thank you, all, for your insights. When I composed the first message, I had in mind the olden days when I often (not always ;<) made a bootable floppy when I made a new kernel. That bootable floppy booted off of the exact same kernel, except a different

Re: rescue bootable cd ???

On Sat, Sep 29, 2007 at 07:37:10PM -0500, helices wrote: > > When I composed the first message, I had in mind the olden days when I > often (not always ;<) made a bootable floppy when I made a new kernel. > That bootable floppy booted off of the exact same kernel, except a > different copy residin

Re: rescue bootable cd ???

Thank you, all, for your insights. When I composed the first message, I had in mind the olden days when I often (not always ;<) made a bootable floppy when I made a new kernel. That bootable floppy booted off of the exact same kernel, except a different copy residing on the floppy. When the syste

Re: rescue bootable cd ???

On Fri, Sep 28, 2007 at 05:27:02PM -0500, helices wrote: > So, going forward, I want to incorporate generation of bootable rescue > cd's into my upgrade processes. Clearly, such a cd will exactly > duplicate my last successful boot, and give access to ALL files and > filesystems. > > [1] What i

Re: rescue bootable cd ???

On 09/28/2007 09:25 PM, helices wrote: * Bill Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007:09:28:16:18:26-0700] scribed: On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:27:02 -0500 helices <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What do you do? If you are looking at just recovering a system that won't boot, you don't need a specific Debia

Re: rescue bootable cd ???

On Fri, 2007.09.28 21:25, helices wrote: > Bill Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007:09:28:16:18:26-0700] scribed: > > If you are looking at just recovering a system that won't boot, you > > don't need a specific Debian disk to do it. I usually carry a copy of > > the System Rescue CD (http://www.sys

Re: rescue bootable cd ???

* Bill Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007:09:28:16:18:26-0700] scribed: > On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:27:02 -0500 > helices <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > What do you do? > > > > If you are looking at just recovering a system that won't boot, you > don't need a specific Debian disk to do it. I usua

Re: rescue bootable cd ???

On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:27:02 -0500 helices <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What do you do? > If you are looking at just recovering a system that won't boot, you don't need a specific Debian disk to do it. I usually carry a copy of the System Rescue CD (http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page). It has al

Re: rescue bootable cd ???

-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 17:27:02 -0500 helices <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What do you do? > If you are looking at just recovering a system that won't boot, you don't need a specific Debian disk to do it. I usually carry a copy of the System Rescue CD

Re: rescue floppies

On Wed, Sep 19, 2007 at 06:43:22AM -0700, harland christofferson wrote: > i'll take your advice and have rescue floppies at the > ready. > > it has been a very long time, since potato, since i > have used rescue disks. > > can i make them from my machine? i don't have a cdrom > connected to this

Re: rescue distro on 128 meg usb key?

Matt Price wrote: > hi, > > my dad is bringing me an old toshiba tablet (don't have the model > number) that seems to be having serious trouble, possibly a disk > failure. I will probably install a linux distro on it eventually, but > will have to figure out what makes the most sense for this kin

Re: rescue distro on 128 meg usb key?

Matt Price wrote: hi, my dad is bringing me an old toshiba tablet (don't have the model number) that seems to be having serious trouble, possibly a disk failure. I will probably install a linux distro on it eventually, but will have to figure out what makes the most sense for this kind of machi

Re: rescue distro on 128 meg usb key?

On 10/31/06, Nicolas Pillot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 2006/10/31, Matt Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I currently have only one usb key, which is 128 megs, and I was > wondering if anyone knew of a distro that would run off of a removable > medium this small. Damn Small Linux (DSL) may do the tri

Re: rescue distro on 128 meg usb key?

2006/10/31, Matt Price <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I currently have only one usb key, which is 128 megs, and I was wondering if anyone knew of a distro that would run off of a removable medium this small. Damn Small Linux (DSL) may do the trick http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Rescue system

Eugen Wintersberger wrote: > Hi there. > Until now the Debian install CDs provide a rescue system by booting > with the option "rescue" at the boot prompt. > It seems that this option has vanished from the Sarge medias. Is there > any other way to boot the system in a rescue mode from the install

Re: Rescue system

On (11/07/05 11:53), Eugen Wintersberger wrote: > Hi there. > Until now the Debian install CDs provide a rescue system by booting > with the option "rescue" at the boot prompt. > It seems that this option has vanished from the Sarge medias. Is there > any other way to boot the system in a rescue

Re: Rescue disk?

Hi Kent, >>The problem : the new hard disk is too big to be correctly recognized by the >>BIOS, so I disabled it in the BIOS configuration. I have burned Sarge 3.1 >>netinst CD, and ran the install without any problem, with Grub on /dev/hda >>(the new hard disk). This computer has no floppy drive

Re: Rescue disk?

Sylvain Briole wrote: >Hi! > >I am facing a "little" problem with my Sarge install. >I was an happy Woody user for a long time, and I need to do a fresh install of >Sarge on a computer with BIOS problem. This computer ran Woody without any >problem, but I have received a new hard disk for this one

Re: Rescue

On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 04:47:33PM +0100, nx13441a wrote: > In Woody with the cd nr. 1 we can rescue a system. > And in Sarge? > > Thanks I was faced with this very same problem last night when installing gnome-desktop-environment also installed hotplug. Hotplug prevented my computer from bootin

Re: Rescue

On (15/06/05 16:47), nx13441a wrote: > In Woody with the cd nr. 1 we can rescue a system. > And in Sarge? > > Thanks There are a couple of 'live' CD's that can work as rescue disks but I think you need to use grub as your bootloader. I use dfs (debian from scratch): http://people.debian.org/~jg

Re: rescue with rescue floppy - Debian testing

Mr. Jan Hearthstone wrote: > Adam Aube wrote: > Once you boot, mount whatever disk partition is your > root partition as /mnt/[whatever] (make sure it's mounted > read/write), then 'chroot /mnt/[whatever]'. > > For all practical purposes you are now on your local system. > You can mount the rest

Re: rescue with rescue floppy - Debian testing

Mr. Jan Hearthstone wrote: > Adam Aube wrote: >> Mr. Jan Hearthstone wrote: >>> So I tried the "boot" and "root" floppies, but the >>> thing insists that I repartition! (And lose >>> everything!) >> Try booting with a LiveCD (such as Knoppix). You can >> then chroot to your hard drive and fix t

Re: rescue with rescue floppy - Debian testing

At Friday, 3 December 2004, "Mr. Jan Hearthstone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] com> wrote: >Mr. Jan Hearthstone wrote: > >> I was "dist-upgrade"-ing and during the process I >> was adviced that I was re-installing the existing >> kermel-image-2.6.8-1-386, and that I was to reboot >as >> soon as possible,

Re: rescue with rescue floppy - Debian testing

Mr. Jan Hearthstone wrote: > I was "dist-upgrade"-ing and during the process I > was adviced that I was re-installing the existing > kermel-image-2.6.8-1-386, and that I was to reboot as > soon as possible, which I did as soon as the next item > (Lilo) started being upgraded. > To no avail! Du

Re: rescue with rescue floppy - Debian testing

On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 04:12:22PM -0800, Mr. Jan Hearthstone wrote: > = Use the proper syntax for signatures: "-- " on a line by itself. I don't want to read the crap in your signature block. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact

Re: rescue disk

Tony Godshall wrote: According to Hugo Vanwoerkom, George Iordanou wrote: I want to create a rescue disk. I went to debian's official webpage and i downloaded the unstable version which consists of the following files: boot.img cd-drivers.img net-drivers.img root.img How can i create a bootable res

Re: rescue disk

On Tue, Nov 30, 2004 at 07:56:43PM +0200, George Iordanou wrote: > Unfortunately i haven't exactly understood the procedure. Do i need > knoppix? I have the installation cd of sarge. Knoppix is a "live" Debian distribution on a CD. I.e. you don't have to install it, just put in the Knoppix CD, bo

Re: rescue disk

According to Hugo Vanwoerkom, > George Iordanou wrote: > >I want to create a rescue disk. I went to debian's official webpage > >and i downloaded the unstable version which consists of the following > >files: > > > >boot.img > >cd-drivers.img > >net-drivers.img > >root.img > > > >How can i create a

Re: rescue disk

George Iordanou([EMAIL PROTECTED]) is reported to have said: > Thanks a lot for your help. > > > > if you have a bootable disk with chroot, you can run the mkrescue (or > > maybe mkboot for a bootdisk). I usually use knoppix. > Unfortunately i haven't exactly understood the procedure. Do i need >

Re: rescue disk

On Tue, 2004-11-30 at 16:29, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: > George Iordanou wrote: > > I want to create a rescue disk. I went to debian's official webpage > > and i downloaded the unstable version which consists of the following > > files: > > > > boot.img > > cd-drivers.img > > net-drivers.img > > root

Re: rescue disk

Thanks a lot for your help. > if you have a bootable disk with chroot, you can run the mkrescue (or > maybe mkboot for a bootdisk). I usually use knoppix. Unfortunately i haven't exactly understood the procedure. Do i need knoppix? I have the installation cd of sarge. > Is a bootable rescue CD

Re: rescue disk

George Iordanou wrote: I want to create a rescue disk. I went to debian's official webpage and i downloaded the unstable version which consists of the following files: boot.img cd-drivers.img net-drivers.img root.img How can i create a bootable rescue disk? I want to get into my system using the fl

Re: rescue disk

On Mon, Nov 29, 2004 at 08:47:41PM +0200, George Iordanou wrote: > I want to create a rescue disk. I went to debian's official webpage > and i downloaded the unstable version which consists of the following > files: > > boot.img > cd-drivers.img > net-drivers.img > root.img > > How can i create a

Re: rescue disk

I've actually managed to create a boot disk using dd command. I cannot mount my / filesystem though Partition table: /dev/hda1 /boot /dev/hda2 /home /dev/hda3 / boot: linux rescue root=/dev/hda3 Isn't this the right command to mount the / system using the CD/floppy's kernel? Cheers, George On

Re: rescue disk

On Mon, 2004-11-29 at 20:47 +0200, George Iordanou wrote: > I want to create a rescue disk. I went to debian's official webpage > and i downloaded the unstable version which consists of the following > files: > > boot.img > cd-drivers.img > net-drivers.img > root.img > > How can i create a bootab

Re: rescue floppies

On Fri, 23 Jan 2004 20:04:20 -0200, Marcelo Chiapparini wrote: > Hello, > > I want to make a rescue floppy set for my woody system. Where should I > look for information? The Rescue Floppy section of the Installing > manual doesn't help... > man mkrescue -- paul It is i

Re: Rescue CDs.

On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 11:32:29 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > > I've seen a few references to this subject line, but I haven't seen > one > > to this particular utility, so I thought I would drop off the URL. > > The screenshots look good. > > Has anybody tried it? > > Tried what? >

Re: Rescue CDs.

On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 11:32:29AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > > > I've seen a few references to this subject line, but I haven't seen > one > > to this particular utility, so I thought I would drop off the URL. > > The screenshots look good. > > Has anybody trie

Re: Rescue CDs.

> I've seen a few references to this subject line, but I haven't seen one > to this particular utility, so I thought I would drop off the URL. > The screenshots look good. > Has anybody tried it? Tried what? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

Re: rescue mail off secondary server contingency plan

>> Let's assume it's Friday and one's primary mx server cannot be fixed >> until Monday. Maybe I can write a standard procedure for other low >> bandwidth users to use. S> It has been around for years, and is called uucp. and how does one use uucp to manipulate the exim queue on a remote machine

Re: rescue mail off secondary server contingency plan

Dan Jacobson writes on 10/14/2003 10:19 AM: Let's assume it's Friday and one's primary mx server cannot be fixed until Monday. Maybe I can write a standard procedure for other low bandwidth users to use. It has been around for years, and is called uucp. -- srs (postmaster|suresh)@outblaze.com //

Re: rescue without floppy or CD?

I tried linux with single user mode as well, but got the same result. I also had tried linux init=/bin/sh last night, but everything hangs after insmod tries to write to the log file, and I never get to a shell prompt. I think if I could prevent any attempts to write to /var, then I might be able

Re: rescue without floppy or CD?

* Greg Balls ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030711 08:39]: > Now the question: my CD drive on the laptop died about a year ago, and > I have no floppy drive, so is there any way to boot into a rescue mode > (that doesn't try to write log files, for instance) to try to fix this? You said you tried various ru

Re: rescue floppies and initrd

On 24 Jun 2003 15:59:01 -0700 Ross Boylan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think that to make a self-contained rescue floppy I need to include > the initrd image as well as the kernel (with an initrd kernel, which I > understand all the recent ones are). > > My initrd image is considerably bigger t

Re: rescue disk for powerPC (beige G3)

On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 12:34:46PM -0800, Micha Feigin wrote: > I am trying to run a beige G3 mac (powerpc) with only linux on it (no > mac-os) which rools out bootX if I can. I actually don't think this is possible. The beige G3 seems to occupy some strange space between NewWorld and OldWorld, a

Re: rescue floppy

* fti International ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020401 23:03]: > Hello, > > My question is simple. The size of the rescue floppy on debian web > site, under the directory /...1.44/, is 1.4mb.But a floppy > labeled "1.44mb", once formatted by DOS or Windows, has only > 1.38mb available.H

Re: rescue floppy

On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, fti International wrote: > Hello, > > My question is simple. The size of the rescue floppy on debian web > site, under the directory /...1.44/, is 1.4mb.But a floppy > labeled "1.44mb", once formatted by DOS or Windows, has only > 1.38mb available.How can a 1

Re: rescue floppy

On Tue, 2 Apr 2002, fti International wrote: > My question is simple. The size of the rescue floppy on debian web > site, under the directory /...1.44/, is 1.4mb.But a floppy > labeled "1.44mb", once formatted by DOS or Windows, has only > 1.38mb available.How can a 1.4mb-size fil

Re: rescue floppy

On 02-Apr-2002 fti International wrote: > Hello, > > My question is simple. The size of the rescue floppy on debian web > site, under the directory /...1.44/, is 1.4mb.But a floppy > labeled "1.44mb", once formatted by DOS or Windows, has only > 1.38mb available.How can a 1.4mb-

Re: rescue & root

Edgar Brito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello Friends from Debian i got Debian 2.2 r0 Potato but I can´t get > rescue.bin and root.bin from this CD. I would like yuo send me rescue.bin > and root.bin for this version: 2.2 r0 Potato in order I can install my > linux. Thank you. This is my mail: [

Re: rescue

This is exactly my situation, so I join the question... What do I do??? On Tue, 16 Oct 2001, Tom Allison wrote: > I have a kernel panic: > VFS: Cannot open root device "hda6" or 03:06 > Please append a correct "root=" boot option > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:06. > > Now I've

Re: rescue

On Tue, Oct 16, 2001 at 09:24:03PM -0400, Tom Allison wrote: > For now, what exactly do I do to recover from this and have a working kernel > on my hard drive? > I have a debian 2.2.r3 and 2.2.r2 CD-ROMS and another computer (obviously) to > work from. But no 'rescue' disks for the defunct PC (d

Re: rescue

Tom Allison wrote: I have a kernel panic: VFS: Cannot open root device "hda6" or 03:06 Please append a correct "root=" boot option Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:06. Now I've tried different root options to cover all of them including what was once /. Nothing works. I was b

Re: rescue disk install

> works. I installed the USB keyboard driver. > > btw - this is my first install. > > > Thanks > > Jeff > > -Original Message- > From: Brian Nelson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 9:56 AM > To: debian-user@lists.debian

RE: rescue disk install

Jeff -Original Message- From: Brian Nelson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 9:56 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: rescue disk install On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 01:20:13AM -0600, Jeff Conder wrote: > Has anyone installed potato on a system with a USB keyboard?

RE: rescue disk install

Jeff -Original Message- From: Brian Nelson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 9:56 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: rescue disk install On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 01:20:13AM -0600, Jeff Conder wrote: > Has anyone installed potato on a system with a USB keyboard?

Re: rescue disk install

On Wed, Jul 04, 2001 at 01:20:13AM -0600, Jeff Conder wrote: > Has anyone installed potato on a system with a USB keyboard? > I have a rescue and root disk, but when I'm asked to insert > the root disk and press return, nothing happens. I put the > root disk in but can't get the install to continue

RE: rescue disk install

Has anyone installed potato on a system with a USB keyboard? I have a rescue and root disk, but when I'm asked to insert the root disk and press return, nothing happens. I put the root disk in but can't get the install to continue. It doesn't seem to recognize my keboard. Thanks - Jeff

Re: rescue disk install

Hi, On Tue, Jul 03, 2001 at 09:17:40PM -0600, Jeff Conder wrote: > Hi - I have not been able to get past the rescue disk install. Which version potato/woody stable/testing? I assume potato ;-) > I've read and searched through the documents and haven't > found anything that relates to what I per

Re: rescue cd

On Fri, 08 Jun 2001 21:45:28 John Patton wrote: > Does anyone know how one would go about creating a debian > rescue cd? Something bootable, with enough utilities on it > to really be able to fix a system. A custom made ramdisk > would be perfect. I've been trying to figure out how to do > this, w

Re: rescue cd

John Patton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Does anyone know how one would go about creating a debian > rescue cd? Here is what I did to make my rescue CDs. First, assemble the things you need: 1. A kernel image with your devices compiled in, plus ramdisk and initrd support. Modules are ok (o

Re: rescue cd

On Fri, Jun 08, 2001 at 03:45:28PM -0500, John Patton wrote: > Does anyone know how one would go about creating a debian > rescue cd? Something bootable, with enough utilities on it > to really be able to fix a system. A custom made ramdisk > would be perfect. I've been trying to figure out how to

Re: rescue cd

"John Patton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Does anyone know how one would go about creating a debian > rescue cd? Something bootable, with enough utilities on it > to really be able to fix a system. A custom made ramdisk > would be perfect. I've been trying to figure out how to do > this, with no

Re: rescue floppy

Bob Hilliard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 19/01/2001 (16:02) : > For a true rescue floppy, look at Tom's Root/Boot Disk at > http://www.toms.net/rb/. It isn't Debian specific, but it works well > on my Debian system. ./fdformat: can't load library 'libc.so.5' :-( And I cannot get the BETA

Re: rescue floppy

Knud Sørensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have been looking for a rescue floppy image > on ftp.uk.debian.org > but i can't seams to find one. For a true rescue floppy, look at Tom's Root/Boot Disk at http://www.toms.net/rb/. It isn't Debian specific, but it works well on my Debian s

Re: rescue floppy

On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 03:59:30PM +0100, Knud S?rensen wrote: > Hi > > > I have been looking for a rescue floppy image > on ftp.uk.debian.org > but i can't seams to find one. > > I there anybody who can point me to it. > ftp://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/disks-i386/current/

Re: rescue floppy

here are the disk images for debian 2.2r2 http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian/dists/Debian2.2r2/main/disks-i386/current/images-1.44/ --- Knud Sørensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > > I have been looking for a rescue floppy image > on ftp.uk.debian.org > but i can't seams to find one. > >

Re: Re Rescue Disks, Tom's btrt

> > > LinuxCare does, with their Bootable Business Card: > > > ISO image: http://static.linuxcare.com/iso/lnx-gold.iso > > > Info: http://www.linuxcare.com/bootable_cd/download.epl You might also want to check out http://lubbock.sourceforge.net Lubbock is based on the BBC, but we are c

Re: Re Rescue Disks, Tom's btrt

On Sat, Jul 22, 2000 at 09:38:22PM +0100, Phillip Deackes wrote: > kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > > > LinuxCare does, with their Bootable Business Card: > > ISO image: http://static.linuxcare.com/iso/lnx-gold.iso > > Info: http://www.linuxcare.com/bootable_cd/download.epl > > Looks ve

Re: Re Rescue Disks, Tom's btrt

kmself@ix.netcom.com wrote: > > LinuxCare does, with their Bootable Business Card: > ISO image: http://static.linuxcare.com/iso/lnx-gold.iso > Info: http://www.linuxcare.com/bootable_cd/download.epl Looks very interesting. I don't have a writeable CDROM drive, but I do have an interna

Re: Re Rescue Disks, Tom's btrt

On Fri, Jul 21, 2000 at 03:31:20PM -0400, David Teague wrote: > > All > > This is tangential to Richard's inquiry, but > > Has anyone considered distributing Tomsbtrt with Debian? That is one > of the most useful tools I have found. LinuxCare does, with their Bootable Business Card: ISO

Re Rescue Disks, Tom's btrt

All This is tangential to Richard's inquiry, but Has anyone considered distributing Tomsbtrt with Debian? That is one of the most useful tools I have found. David On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, Richard Ingram wrote: > Hi, > > I have been upgrading Xfree but something obviously went wrong as when

Re: Rescue Disks

"Richard Ingram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I have been upgrading Xfree but something obviously went wrong as when I > boot up now it hangs at the starting Xfontserver startup and does not even > get to the login prompt. Before I blat over and reinstall debian is there an > easy way of creating a set

Re: Rescue Disks

On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, Richard Ingram wrote: RI> I have been upgrading Xfree but something obviously went wrong as when I RI> boot up now it hangs at the starting Xfontserver startup and does not even RI> get to the login prompt. Before I blat over and reinstall debian is there an RI> easy way of cr

Re: Rescue Floppy Freezes on SCSI

Bart Szyszka writes: > > If this is an aic7xxx type of SCSI card, then you'll need to use > the modified Rescue and Driver floppy images from: > http://www.debian.org/~adric/aic7xxx/slink/5.1.19/ Thanks! Works like a charm. Is this documented anywhere? If so, I sure didn't find it. \\// | R

Re: Rescue Floppy Freezes on SCSI

> I am trying to install Debian 2.1r2 on an x86 machine. I made a Rescue > Floppy from the image provided and was able to boot, but then the > system freezes when apparently doing SCSI stuff. It appears to > correctly detect my SCSI card--Adaptec AHA-2940--but then outputs a > line like this: > (sc

Re: Rescue disk's cfdisk reports HDD is corrupt

On Thu, 6 May 1999, BOHICA wrote: [ snip ] : Problem: : On running install.bat from DOS (512Mb FAT partition), I cannot get : cfdisk to run successfully. The error message reports that "THE : PARTITION IS CORRUPT!" and then offers to wipe the partition table for : me and start over - not ex

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