On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 11:17:20 -0800, Jamie Zawinski <jwz@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Jakub Jelinek wrote: > > > > But boot.iso provides rescue functionality. It just needs stage2.img > > for that, which it can fetch from various sources (it can be e.g. a local CD, > > harddisk with .iso images, FTP/HTTP download of stage2.img from a Fedora > > mirror or NFS mount). Once it fetches it, it will offer you a shell prompt. > > OMFG. What is your problem? I would ask you the same thing. [snip] > Look, if you'd just put a damned busybox or something on the CD, it > would actually be *useful* for something that it is *not useful* for > now, which is, *actually rescuing* when you don't have easy access to > the full distro archive? As everyone has been trying to tell you, that is what the rescue CD is for. What would be the purpose of shipping two ~80MB isos that do the same thing? Adding a hammer head to a screwdriver doesn't make it the right tool for the job. -- William Hooper
