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Re: Error 127 in install of glibc 2.2.3


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



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