David Timms wrote: >> so I burned a Fedora-7 rescueCD and tried that, >> but it seems I was then supposed to insert the system DVD. >> >> Actually, this machine didn't have a DVD reader, so that was out. >> But it left me wondering what the purpose of the Rescue CD is? > The rescue CD has the boot loader, and the stage2 installer taking only > about 100MB. > The disk is actually multiuse: > - use it to start an install from network or hard disk > - use it to fix a broken system. > It uses the same kernel / boot that the dvd-iso would use to boot your > system, and hence your system can be trashed but you can still get > access to it to make fixes. That's what I assumed would happen. However, when I put the Fedora-7 Rescue CD in, I was given a number of choices, the only relevant one being (IIRC) "Repair system". When I chose this, I was asked where my DVD was to be found - CD, hard disk, etc. I only tried this for a minute, and may have missed something, as I intended anyway to get out my trusty Knoppix CD. But if you have an F-7 Rescue CD, could you put it in and tell me which option I should have chosen?
