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Re: Error 127 in install of glibc 2.2.3
- To: <glibc-linux at ricardo dot ecn dot wfu dot edu>
- Subject: Re: Error 127 in install of glibc 2.2.3
- From: Allin Cottrell <cottrell at wfu dot edu>
- Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 22:42:43 -0400 (EDT)
- Reply-To: glibc-linux at ricardo dot ecn dot wfu dot edu
On Sun, 29 Jul 2001, Minko Markov wrote:
> 1) I have a second Linux installation on a separate partition,
> a very small one. I never experiment with it. When the
> primary install is screwed, e.g. by a glibc upgrade that
> went wrong, I can boot from the secondary install, mount
> the partition of the primary one and (try to) fix things,
> then reboot again.
That's precisely what you can do with a "rescue" (root) diskette: it
contains a small linux system with basic tools such as fsck and lilo.
Allin Cottrell