DVD vs rescue CD
James McKenzie
jjmckenzie51 at earthlink.net
Sat Nov 13 15:25:55 UTC 2004
Carroll Grigsby wrote:
>On Friday 12 November 2004 08:51 am, Alexander Dalloz wrote:
>
>
>>Am Fr, den 12.11.2004 schrieb Jari.Marikainen at vlt.se um 11:44:
>>
>>
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>>>I just burned the DVD image of FC3. Do I need to burn a rescue CD aswell
>>>or can I use the DVD as a "rescue DVD" for FC3 if needed?
>>>
>>>
>>>/jari
>>>
>>>
>>I never used the DVD as I have no DVD burner, but I would bet booting
>>with the DVD will offer you the rescue mode just like the CD1 does. The
>>rescue CD (no DVD for that) has some more tools for the purpose.
>>
>>Alexander
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>>
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>I can't answer for FC3, but both the FC1 and FC2 DVDs have worked just fine in
>rescue mode for me.
>-- cmg
>
>
>
If you can boot from the DVD, then you have access to the rescue portion
of Fedora. When you get the boot: prompt type in 'linux rescue' and the
disk will boot to the rescue program. I've used Install Disk 1 from FC2
for exactly that purpose.
James McKenzie
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