Graphical Rescue Mode

[Bryn M. Reeves]

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On 04/05/2012 01:43 PM, Kevin Kofler wrote:
> Bryn M. Reeves wrote:
>> Detecting and mounting the file systems is straightforward and
>> that's what anaconda does. I read the request as wanting to also
>> make the live environment chroot into the detected sysimage and
>> start the system up interactively from there. That seems harder
>> but maybe it's doable (since you don't have to worry about
>> packages being available on the CD as you can use what's already
>> in the installed environment).
> 
> Then you misread it. ;-)

Yeah, I was conflating your suggestion with the earlier request to
boot a broken but installed environment using the LiveCD.

> All I want is a button that mounts /mnt/sysimage the same way as
> the rescue image does (and possibly opens it with xdg-open so the
> average user can see what's up), so that I can use the graphical
> tools on the live image (NOT on the installed system, those might
> not even work due to broken dependencies etc.) to rescue things.

Yep, get you now - I think this is waaaay easier to do and still
useful for a wide range of needs.

Cheers,
Bryn.

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