Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE DESKTOP 10 SP2 - DEPLOYMENT GUIDE 08-05-2008 Deployment Manual page 851

• Manipulate any type of configuration file.
• Check the file system for defects and start automatic repair processes.
• Access the installed system in a "change root" environment
• Check, modify, and reinstall the boot loader configuration
• Resize partitions using the parted command. Find more information about this tool
at the Web site of GNU Parted
parted.html).
The rescue system can be loaded from various sources and locations. The simplest option
is to boot the rescue system from the original installation CD or DVD:
1 Insert the installation medium into your CD or DVD drive.
2 Reboot the system.
3 At the boot screen, choose the Rescue System option.
4 Enter root at the Rescue: prompt. A password is not required.
If your hardware setup does not include a CD or DVD drive, you can boot the rescue
system from a network source. The following example applies to a remote boot sce-
nario—if using another boot medium, such as a floppy disk, modify the info file
accordingly and boot as you would for a normal installation.
1 Enter the configuration of your PXE boot setup and replace
install=protocol://instsource with
rescue=protocol://instsource. As with a normal installation,
protocol stands for any of the supported network protocols (NFS, HTTP,
FTP, etc.) and instsource for the path to your network installation source.
2 Boot the system using "Wake on LAN", as described in
on LAN" (page 67).
3 Enter root at the Rescue: prompt. A password is not required.
Once you have entered the rescue system, you can make use of the virtual consoles that
can be reached with Alt + F1 to Alt + F6 .
(http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/
Common Problems and Their Solutions
Section 4.3.7, "Wake
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