Check out SystemRescueCD[1], which I'm sure can be burned to a USB drive. Boots to a shell and comes with a ton of recovery tools and scripts to assist in getting a broken system operable.
- Kyle [1]: https://www.system-rescue-cd.org/SystemRescueCd_Homepage On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 2:04 PM Ken D'Ambrosio <k...@jots.org> wrote: > On 2016-02-17 13:49, Brian Chabot wrote: > > In GRUB, boot to init 1, single user mode.' > > > > Which is great. If you catch it. And if it doesn't override you (as some > live install disks I've seen, do). Hell -- I'd be happy with the "rw > init=/bin/bash" bit for all I need, but even that, for example, isn't > cutting the mustard on one server I've got. I guess I could spin my own, > but I figured someone out there probably had a > stick-it-in-and-boot-to-CLI-no-interaction-needed option in their back > pocket. > > -Ken > > > > Brian Chabot > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 1:46 PM, Ken D'Ambrosio <k...@jots.org> wrote: > >> Hey, all. Many's the time I just want to go and fix something stupid -- >> maybe wipe a disk, or edit a file -- and all I want is to be able to >> stick in a USB stick and wind up at said CLI. But most distros these >> days are GUI-based. And Ubuntu Server (say) boots to install, period, >> which is an >> >> extremely-stripped-down-to-the-point-of-useless-for-anything-other-than-install >> CLI. >> >> Any middle ground someone could recommend? >> >> Thanks! >> >> -Ken >> _______________________________________________ >> gnhlug-discuss mailing list >> gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org >> http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ >
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