On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, John wrote: > I like this idea best;-) ... everyone who I discuss this with says: you can't do that -- OK -- and bumblebees cannot fly -- but I do anyway. > The reason I suggested separate partition is to keep the installer > completely separate from everything else. > > An option to boot something else you never change, but would allow you > access remotely would be handy for when something goes wrong. old time sysadmin trick -- have two root partitions, each accessible with a bootloader option. Barring a catastrophic media failure, you are usually able to get enough of a machine going to recover. Compaq did (does) this with their 'F10' management partition 3 to some degree and for anohter purpose. -- Russ Herrold
