RE: [TCLUG:16898] Par port SCSI bootdisk?

["Eric Hillman" <ehillman@cccu.com>]

>
> Well, if you boot from the floppy (and it's, say, a RedHat install floppy) you
> won't have a shell to run modprobe or insmod from.... Slackware, OTOH, gives
> you a shell right away (Go Slack! :)
>
> Gabe (go-go asbestos shield!)


Uh, every RH install I've ever done had virtual ttys and a bash prompt available
right after the kernel boots.  I've used RH install disks as rescue disks (when,
say, I blew up LILO) many, many times.