rescue cd creation

[Dan McCullough]

I have an issue that I might need a rescue cd, is there a way to
create one from my current setup so that if I goof I can get back into
the system from a boot cd and revert back to teh old config?

[Fedora] rescue cd creation

[Ashley M. Kirchner]

Dan McCullough wrote:
>  I have an issue that I might need a rescue cd, is there a way to
>  create one from my current setup so that if I goof I can get back into
>  the system from a boot cd and revert back to teh old config?
>  
    You can use the Fedora distributed rescue disc for that.  You don't 
have to make one yourself.  I suggest you make regular backups of your 
system's critical files.  Then when you find yourself in a bind, boot 
off of the rescue disc and pull your backup files back in.

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[Fedora] rescue cd creation

[Dan McCullough]

So that would be one of the iso's that I probably have already downloaded?
*bangs head*  That will allow me to boot from the rescue cd and say make a
change to my grub.conf file?

Hey I love your signature :)

On 3/29/07, Ashley M. Kirchner <ashley(a)pcraft.com&gt; wrote:
>  Dan McCullough wrote:
>  > I have an issue that I might need a rescue cd, is there a way to
>  > create one from my current setup so that if I goof I can get back into
>  > the system from a boot cd and revert back to teh old config?
>  >
>      You can use the Fedora distributed rescue disc for that.  You don't
>  have to make one yourself.  I suggest you make regular backups of your
>  system's critical files.  Then when you find yourself in a bind, boot
>  off of the rescue disc and pull your backup files back in.
>
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[Fedora] rescue cd creation

[Ashley M. Kirchner]

Dan McCullough wrote:
>  So that would be one of the iso's that I probably have already 
>  downloaded?  *bangs head*  That will allow me to boot from the rescue 
>  cd and say make a change to my grub.conf file?
>
>  Hey I love your signature :) 
    Well, don't know if you've already
downloaded it or not, but for FC6 
it's FC-6-i386-rescuecd.iso available on any FC mirror site.  Burn that 
to a disc and you've got yourself a rescue disc that will allow you to 
boot your system up from it, mount your drive and go to town.  That same 
disc also allows you to run the installer in case all you want to do is 
wipe the system clean and re-install.  That's what I use when installing 
new machines (as opposed to configuring grub on an already running 
system to install a new FC version.)

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[Fedora] rescue cd creation

[Kam Leo]

On 3/29/07, Ashley M. Kirchner <ashley(a)pcraft.com&gt; wrote:
>  Dan McCullough wrote:
>  > So that would be one of the iso's that I probably have already
>  > downloaded?  *bangs head*  That will allow me to boot from the rescue
>  > cd and say make a change to my grub.conf file?
>  >
>  > Hey I love your signature :)
>      Well, don't know if you've already downloaded it or not, but for FC6
>  it's FC-6-i386-rescuecd.iso available on any FC mirror site.  Burn that
>  to a disc and you've got yourself a rescue disc that will allow you to
>  boot your system up from it, mount your drive and go to town.  That same
>  disc also allows you to run the installer in case all you want to do is
>  wipe the system clean and re-install.  That's what I use when installing
>  new machines (as opposed to configuring grub on an already running
>  system to install a new FC version.)
>  
The first CD or the DVD can also be used.

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[Fedora] rescue cd creation

[Aaron Konstam]

On Thu, 2007-03-29 at 10:40 -0600, Ashley M. Kirchner wrote:
>  Dan McCullough wrote:
>  > I have an issue that I might need a rescue cd, is there a way to
>  > create one from my current setup so that if I goof I can get back into
>  > the system from a boot cd and revert back to teh old config?
>  >
>      You can use the Fedora distributed rescue disc for that.  You don't 
>  have to make one yourself.  I suggest you make regular backups of your 
>  system's critical files.  Then when you find yourself in a bind, boot 
>  off of the rescue disc and pull your backup files back in.
>  
>  --  
Or you can use CD 1 and type rescue at the boot prompt.
>   
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[Manuel Aróstegui]

El Jueves, 29 de Marzo de 2007 18:38, Dan McCullough escribió:
>  I have an issue that I might need a rescue cd, is there a way to
>  create one from my current setup so that if I goof I can get back into
>  the system from a boot cd and revert back to teh old config? 
I tried this one, successfully, some months ago:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/rescuecd/

Hope this helps.
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[Mike McCarty]

Dan McCullough wrote:
>  I have an issue that I might need a rescue cd, is there a way to
>  create one from my current setup so that if I goof I can get back into
>  the system from a boot cd and revert back to teh old config?
>   
Hmm, on a related note...

Rather than create a general-purpose rescue CDROM, how about a
means to create an auto-restore CDROM set? Boot from the first
CDROM, answer a few nag questions to make sure we really Really
REALLY want to wipe the system, and then make it look like it
did the day the rescue set was created?

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[Kam Leo]

On 4/10/07, Mike McCarty <Mike.McCarty(a)sbcglobal.net&gt; wrote:
>  Dan McCullough wrote:
>  > I have an issue that I might need a rescue cd, is there a way to
>  > create one from my current setup so that if I goof I can get back into
>  > the system from a boot cd and revert back to teh old config?
>  >
>
>  Hmm, on a related note...
>
>  Rather than create a general-purpose rescue CDROM, how about a
>  means to create an auto-restore CDROM set? Boot from the first
>  CDROM, answer a few nag questions to make sure we really Really
>  REALLY want to wipe the system, and then make it look like it
>  did the day the rescue set was created? 
You're looking for the equivalent of Norton Ghost.

>  Mike

[Brian]

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Kam Leo wrote:
>  On 4/10/07, Mike McCarty <Mike.McCarty(a)sbcglobal.net&gt; wrote:
> > Dan McCullough wrote:
> > > I have an issue that I might need a rescue cd, is there a way to
> > > create one from my current setup so that if I goof I can get back into
> > > the system from a boot cd and revert back to teh old config?
> > >
> >
> > Hmm, on a related note...
> >
> > Rather than create a general-purpose rescue CDROM, how about a
> > means to create an auto-restore CDROM set? Boot from the first
> > CDROM, answer a few nag questions to make sure we really Really
> > REALLY want to wipe the system, and then make it look like it
> > did the day the rescue set was created?
>  
>  You're looking for the equivalent of Norton Ghost.
>  
> > Mike
>   
g4u (Ghost 4 Unix) works well. http://www.feyrer.de/g4u/

I haven't checked to see if it'll restore to drives with different
geometry yet.

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[Todd Zullinger]

Mike McCarty wrote:
>  Rather than create a general-purpose rescue CDROM, how about a means
>  to create an auto-restore CDROM set? Boot from the first CDROM,
>  answer a few nag questions to make sure we really Really REALLY want
>  to wipe the system, and then make it look like it did the day the
>  rescue set was created? 
Check out Mondo (if it hasn't already been mentioned).

http://www.mondorescue.org/

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