Very Computer

I am trying to make a system as bulletproof as possible.
For that reason there is always a rescue kernel and a
rescue initrd that can be used for a remote-reinstall.

The weakest point of my approach is installation of a new
(operational, not rescue) kernel or initrd since this involves
writing the map-file.

I am thinking about writing a kernel and initrd with a =

fixed size to some partition, umount it and then just write =

updates to the sectors listed in the (now static) map through
the raw-device. =

Since this approach is pretty weird, I=B4d be very grateful
if anyone can point me to a better solution.

Thanks a lot, Bjoern =

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"Don't go around saying the world owes you a living.  The world owes
you nothing.  It was here first."                -- Mark Twain

The lilo config looks like:
image = /dev/hda1
  range= 300+800
  append = "ramdisk_start=550 load_ramdisk=1 prompt_ramdisk=0"
  root = /dev/hda1
  read-write

To enable a ramdisk on a fixed disk you should disable the check in
linux/drivers/block/rd.c
        if (MAJOR(ROOT_DEV) != FLOPPY_MAJOR) return;

Chel
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