On 12-10-2015 09:49, Florian Pritz wrote: > On Sun, 11 Oct 2015 19:17:53 -0700 "Ian D. Scott" <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: >> Note to self (and others): keep a statically linked suid root copy of >> busybox handy. > > Busybox in the repo is statically linked, but you should really have a > usb stick or PXE boot with a somewhat recent ISO because in many > situations even busybox won't help you. Nice to keep it around anyway. > I assume the "best" course of action in these cases is to use pacman with --root and give it the path to the hosed / right? -- Mauro Santos