Hi, Arnt Karlsen writes:
> On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 11:14:10 -0400, Steve wrote in message > <[email protected]>: > >> terryc said on Tue, 27 Apr 2021 16:23:34 +1000 >> >> > [...] >> >Any way, Thank you. >> >I've decided to risk it and attempt an OS re-install despite the >> >rebuilt mailer requiring three attempts to get a booting sstem. >> >> WAIT!!!! >> >> You can boot most "rescue cd" live distros and pick "boot next >> partition" or whatever, and it will boot the next found partition with >> the kernel from the rescue cd. >> >> Which brings up the fact that it would be nice for there to be a >> Devuan rescue CD (and thumbdrive) that can find all possible OSes and >> boot to your choice, using the live CD's kernel. Can Refracta already >> do that? > > ..huh? Did we|Devuan remove the "rescue" boot options from > our boot or install isos? If we didn't, a booted iso should > offer Debian style advice on how to do things once you start > hitting "F1", "F2" etc function keys. No. The beowulf ISOs have a functional rescue boot option. I happen to have used it several times this month for rescue operations as well as wiping disks before I can trash end-of-life hardware. Hope this helps, -- Olaf Meeuwissen, LPIC-2 FSF Associate Member since 2004-01-27 GnuPG key: F84A2DD9/B3C0 2F47 EA19 64F4 9F13 F43E B8A4 A88A F84A 2DD9 Support Free Software https://my.fsf.org/donate Join the Free Software Foundation https://my.fsf.org/join _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list [email protected] https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
