rescue mode

[Brennan Ashton]

On Wed, 2008-09-17 at 10:59 +0800, John Summerfield wrote:
> This bug, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=159287, is an 
> enhancement proposal. It's been around for years, and as of now it 
> hasn't been done.
> 
> Its purpose is to add a rescue mode to the actual running system - no 
> messy alternative boot media required.
> 
> It requires added function to nash and to mkinitrd, not a lot at all.
> 
> Please review the bug report, and if you think this is something that 
> should be done _now_, please speak up and say so.
> 
> I tried to use it a few minutes ago on my system that does not boot. It 
> does not work.
> 
> 
> -- 
> 
> Cheers
> John
I would think it would loose a lot of the rescue features, most of what
I see is people running into rescue mode to fix an LVM issue. If the LVM
tools are not available that is not going to help.  What were you
thinking of in particular?