On Sat, 2005-06-25 at 07:19, Mogens Kjaer wrote: > Gérard Milmeister wrote: > > > I don't know a solution for tar, but maybe you should switch to star > > (also part of FC4), which allows much more control. > > I don't think star is present when you boot in rescue mode, > making it difficult to do a bare metal recovery of the system. I wouldn't trust star for incrementals unless you have the very latest version which I doubt is included in any distributions yet. However, you can either use a knoppix boot CD or bring up the network with your rescue mode boot and copy over any additional tools you need for recovery. -- Les Mikesell les@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
