[Mageia-discuss] small distribution

[AL13N]

Op woensdag 30 mei 2012 20:45:36 schreef Donald Stewart:
> On 30 May 2012 20:37, AL13N <alien at rmail.be> wrote:
> > Op woensdag 30 mei 2012 15:34:40 schreef Renaud  Olgiati:
> >> Following my recent problems with an install that resulted in a black
> >> screen, and needed going into config files to sort out, and being fed up
> >> with the time it takes for the liveCD or Knoppix CD to come up, I have
> >> been
> >> wondering which small distribution would be adequate to:
> >> - boot
> >> - mount the Mageia HD /, or /boot and /etc
> >> - vi various config lies
> >> - and reboot Mageia with the modified config.
> > 
> > the rescue
> 
> Parted Magic is really great.

-> the mageia rescue, it's on all installer media, and you can:
 - mount your system under /mnt with one option
 - go to a console and use vi
 - chroot even if you want to
 - even start ssh daemon and log into it from other machine

no need for anything else.