Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 10 SP2 - INSTALLATION AND ADMINISTRATION Installation Manual page 964

Using the Rescue System
SUSE Linux Enterprise contains a rescue system. The rescue system is a small Linux
system that can be loaded into a RAM disk and mounted as root file system, allowing
you to access your Linux partitions from the outside. Using the rescue system, you can
recover or modify any important aspect of your system:
• 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
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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.
(http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/