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From: "ant" <arapahojo@x-stream.co.uk>
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Subject: EFS Linux boot disk
Date: Sun, 3 Oct 1999 02:58:25 -0000
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Hi folks

Sorry for the basic nature of
my question, please bear with
me.

I would like to boot my Indigo 2
from a standalone linux rescuedisk 
which can read & write to the EFS 
file system, in a similar manner to
an Irix miniroot.

How can I do this?

I'll be building the disk as a CD
using my PC.

I'll download and install any version of
Linux you suggest for the job.  I'll even 
give it it's own hard drive :-)

Thanks.

Anthony Borg
WAIS
(without an interesting signature