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Re: [opensuse-factory] Rescue program on dvd
- From: "Carlos E. R." <carlos.e.r@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2010 14:48:52 +0200 (CEST)
- Message-id: <alpine.LNX.2.00.1010031441140.21792@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Sunday, 2010-10-03 at 14:35 +0200, Martin Schlander wrote:
No, you can't. Not with the current option, that is.
Time ago, but not long ago, there were two similar options.
One, is to simply load the hard disk MBR and boot it, as if the DVD was not inserted. This is currently the default option of the DVD, by the way. It is obvious that if the HD boot sequence is broken, it will not work.
This is what we currently have.
The other option, which was removed, booted the HD system (after asking which partition had it), but using the kernel in the DVD entirely. If the HD had no kernel at all, this option would still boot (with an older kernel, of course).
This second option did allow for a kernel reinstall, download, grub repair, etc. The lot. Very usefull - and removed. :-(
- -- Cheers,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 "Emerald" at Telcontar)
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On Sunday, 2010-10-03 at 14:35 +0200, Martin Schlander wrote:
Søndag den 3. oktober 2010 14:27:46 skrev Carlos E. R.:
Could some of it be "rescued"?
The thing that fails most is grub. Just a repair grub, perhaps a repair
missing kernel/initrd?
I've been wondering if this functionality isn't still "available" (almost), by
simply booting the cd/dvd media, select "Boot from harddisk", once the
installed system is booted, run yast bootloader to install grub properly
again.
But I'm unsure how much you can break your bootloader installation and still
be able to use the "boot from harddisk" option.
No, you can't. Not with the current option, that is.
Time ago, but not long ago, there were two similar options.
One, is to simply load the hard disk MBR and boot it, as if the DVD was not inserted. This is currently the default option of the DVD, by the way. It is obvious that if the HD boot sequence is broken, it will not work.
This is what we currently have.
The other option, which was removed, booted the HD system (after asking which partition had it), but using the kernel in the DVD entirely. If the HD had no kernel at all, this option would still boot (with an older kernel, of course).
This second option did allow for a kernel reinstall, download, grub repair, etc. The lot. Very usefull - and removed. :-(
- -- Cheers,
Carlos E. R.
(from 11.2 x86_64 "Emerald" at Telcontar)
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