HOWTO: Rescue system

1) Boot from DVD and login as root

root

2) Mount root partition

mount /dev/sda2 /mnt

3) Make installed system aware of available hardware

for i in /sys /proc /run /dev; do mount --bind "$i" "/mnt$i"; done

4) Change root to installed system

chroot /mnt

5) Mount DVD (see Mount DVD)

mkdir -p /media/dvd
mount /dev/sr0 /media/dvd

6) Activate network

dhcpcd -N eth0

7) Start yast, zypper to repair system

https://forums.opensuse.org/content/146-using-livecd-take-over-repair-installed-system.html http://blog.pdark.de/2010/08/01/starting-the-network-with-opensuses-rescue-system/