Ulrich Drepper (drepper(a)redhat.com) said:
As for recovery: you're a fool if you trust the binaries on the
system
which has to be covered. This is what the rescue mode of the boot CD is
for.
Depends what you're recovering from. If it's the "I'm an idiot and
removed
the /lib/libc.so.6 link" problem, having sln is quicker and just as safe
as rescue mode. Not that I've ever done that, of course...
Bill