On Tuesday 20 December 2011 21:25:44 Brian K. White wrote:
dd, parted, mkfs for all fs's, fsck for all fs's, vi, proprietary raid card utils, it hasn't happened lately and I'm too busy pretending not to panic at the time to take notes so I could later answer this question. The answer is "all manner of things".
Well, fsck for the file system you have on the root partition is in there, you don't need all the others. mkfs is a little baffling, how would mkfs enable you to mount the root partition? Same question for vi and dd. Are you talking about using the initrd as a platform for restoring backups? For general repair duties, I'm not sure the initrd is the right place for it. It is supposed to be a minimal tool to enable you to mount the root file system and nothing more. You always have the option of taking the rescue image from the DVD and setting that up as an alternative boot. Except for the proprietary raid utilities you mentioned, it should have everything you need to repair a system. I wouldn't consider that something you want to load on every single boot, because some day it may fail. Anders -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-factory+owner@opensuse.org