On Sat, 12 Oct 2002 10:07:33 +1000 Paul Gear <paul@gear.dyndns.org> wrote: # # Not if the machine won't boot, it can't. :-) >From what it sounds though, the machine can boot off the kernel on the install CD, so he very well could use the install CD as a boot disk, to boot his system long enough to recompile. On a side note, I don't believe that the kernel on the CD is SMP, so something different in the CD than the production kernel is allowing this user to boot his system. Perhaps jeremy can chime in here? -- Jesse Keating j2Solutions.net Mondo DevTeam (www.mondorescue.org) Was I helpful? Let others know: http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=jkeating
