SDB:Use of the Rescue System

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1 Situation
2 Procedure
- 2.1 Output of the commands hwinfo and fdisk -l
- 2.2 File /var/log/boot.msg

Situation

You want to use the SuSE Linux Rescue System.

Procedure

Boot from the CD or boot floppy and select Rescue System
Select your keyboard layout
The last status signal displayed might be:

runlevel 3 has been reached
In this case, press ENTER

Login as root at the login prompt

Rescue login:
No password is required

Now the following prompt, where commands can already be entered, will be displayed

Rescue:~#

Copying system information to a floppy disk for our installation support desk is a typical application scenario for the rescue system. This proves specially useful in cases where the installation crashes from the beginning.

The 3 steps

mounting the floppy disk
copying the system information
unmounting the floppy disk

will be explained by means of 2 examples:

Output of the commands `hwinfo` and `fdisk -l`

mount /dev/fd0 /mnt
hwinfo >/mnt/info1.txt
fdisk -l >>/mnt/info1.txt
umount /mnt

The output will not be displayed on the screen, but written to the file info1.txt on the floppy disk. The output of the second command will be attached to that of the first.

File `/var/log/boot.msg`

mount /dev/fd0 /mnt
cat /var/log/boot.msg >/mnt/info2.txt
umount /mnt

You can shutdown the computer with init 0.

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