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RE: [TCLUG:16898] Par port SCSI bootdisk?



>
> Well, if you boot from the floppy (and it's, say, a RedHat install floppy) you
> won't have a shell to run modprobe or insmod from.... Slackware, OTOH, gives
> you a shell right away (Go Slack! :)
>
> Gabe (go-go asbestos shield!)


Uh, every RH install I've ever done had virtual ttys and a bash prompt available
right after the kernel boots.  I've used RH install disks as rescue disks (when,
say, I blew up LILO) many, many times.