Emergency Recovery: SuSE CD-ROM as a Rescue Disk
Suppose the system resists your best attempts to make it boot. Now what? Count your blessings, because the SuSE CD-ROM doubles as a rescue disk. If your computer cannot boot from the CD-ROM drive, you will need to use the floppy image on the CD. This floppy image contains a very simple Linux system, from which you can boot and repair your main system. Here are the steps to boot from the CD or the rescue floppy:
1. If your computer can boot from the CD-ROM drive, put the first SuSE CD in and reboot the computer. The installation program should start.
2. At the first menu, you can press Esc to cancel the installation. You will be returned to a hidden menu, which has a Rescue option.
Early versions of SuSE 7.0 failed to bring up a prompt by following the route described in step 2. If this doesn’t t work for you reboot start the installation and answer the questions regarding your language and keymap. Now use Alt+Right Arrow to flip through the virtual consoles and find a prompt.
3. If your computer cannot boot from the CD-ROM drive, you will have to make a rescue floppy from an image contained on the CD-ROM. If you have access to any other working Linux system, the following commands will make the rescue disk:
# mount /dev/cdrom
# dd if=/cdrom/disks/rescue of=/dev/fd0
Otherwise, you will need to find a Windows machine, and use a command like this:
d: \dosutils\rawrite d: \disks\rescue
4. Boot with the new rescue floppy.
5. You now have access to a command prompt to fix the problem.
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