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Re: Rescue mode

To: linux-future@nl.linux.org
Subject: Re: Rescue mode
From: "Albert D. Cahalan" <acahalan@cs.uml.edu>
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 13:50:23 -0500 (EST)
In-Reply-To: <E10KR2G-0002Y5-00@cartman.geekland.cx> from "Scott Wood" at Mar 9, 99 01:15:20 pm
Reply-To: linux-future@nl.linux.org
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Scott writes:

> The only program the kernel ever launches directly is /sbin/init
> (or a short list of alternatives if that can't be found).

No, see Documentation/kmod.txt for another.

I'd say safe mode should be entered when a dirty root filesystem
is found. Of course this may be too late, since the kernel may
have caused the problem.

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References:
- Re: Rescue mode
  - From: Scott Wood <scott@geekland.cx>

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