F7T4 DVD rescue mode question

[Jay Cliburn]

On Sat, 28 Apr 2007 13:44:59 -0700
Jesse Keating <jkeating at redhat.com> wrote:

> if the kernel can read your CD drive, anaconda will check
> there first for the rescue media.  If it can't find it is when you
> get asked, so something is up with this person's system in that the
> kernel may not be able to read the CD drive once booted.

I don't seem to have any issues with my CD/DVD drive that are obvious,
but I'll look more closely.

> > > This no longer seems to work like the rescue feature I'm
> > > accustomed to.  
> >
> > The ability to use an install CD/DVD for rescue mode is new.
> 
> No it's not.  "Rescue" mode is achieved by passing "rescue" to the
> kernel argument line at boot time.  Anaconda will see that and launch
> into rescue mode.  ANY boot media can lead  you to rescue mode.

Your description fits with my past experience, however that's not the
way it works under F7T4 (F-6.93-x86_64-DVD.iso).

No one else sees this behavior?

Jay