Repair - Reinstall - Restore

[mascarasnake]

Brian McKee wrote:
> 
> On Wednesday, October 6, 2004, at 02:15  PM, mascarasnake wrote:
> 
>> <ReallyRecklessAdvice>
>> If you can't get the install disk to cooperate with 'linux rescue', 
>> you can hard shutdown your box (eg. unplug it) and reboot, making 
>> certain to run 'fsck' on reboot. If the drive is already fried...
>> </ReallyRecklessAdvice>
> 
> 
> A less, ummmm, exciting approach is to type as root
> shutdown -F -r now
> The -F will force fsck to run on reboot.
> 
> Although yanking the plug may be more emotionally satisfying :-)
> HTH
> Brian

Dang, there it is, again, in the first man page. Although, yanking the 
cable out of the wall and screaming at the top of your lungs does have 
it's merits.


> -- 
> "I don't understand," said the scientist, "why you lemmings all rush down
> to the sea and drown yourselves."
> "How curious," said the lemming. "The one thing I don't understand is why
> you human beings don't."
>                 -- James Thurber
> 

excellent quote. Thurber seemed to understand a lot more than most folks 
do today.

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