Thanks for the suggestions, all. I tried to use the recommended SystemRescueCD, but the download was s-l-o-w... (for all I know, was my fault, but I didn't have 2+ hours to wait for it). Found this while googling for similar things: https://en.altlinux.org/Rescue [5] . Half the size, and downloaded in substantially less time (like, 15 minutes). Boots straight to console, but also has other options (e.g., memtest, rEFInd), and the console's a Debian variant, so I can apt-get to my heart's content.
-Ken On 2016-02-17 14:45, Shawn O'Shea wrote: > +1 for system rescue cd. > > As far as other handy utility distros. If I'm just resizing a partition, I'll > do gparted live (Gui but goes straight to gparted partition editor) and if > imaging (backup/restore) then Clonezilla Live. > > http://gparted.org/livecd.php [1] > http://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live.php [2] > > -Shawn > On Feb 17, 2016 2:15 PM, "Kyle Smith" <askr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > 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 [3] > > 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/ [4] _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ [4] _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ [4] Links: ------ [1] http://gparted.org/livecd.php [2] http://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live.php [3] https://www.system-rescue-cd.org/SystemRescueCd_Homepage [4] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ [5] https://en.altlinux.org/Rescue
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