Re: Boot-to-CLI distro?
You might also look at Knoppix (http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html) which I've worked with before. A full live CD/DVD, it's also got a menu on startup that lets you pick CLI startup as well as various X, framebuffer, ACPI settings for twitchy machines. Includes a bunch of utilities like partimage that's handy for rescuing partitions from old hard drives, qparted, etc, as well as a full GUI if you're just looking to test out a machine for compatibility. On Thu, Feb 18, 2016 at 10:04 AM, Ken D'Ambrosio wrote: > 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 . 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 > http://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live.php > > -Shawn > > On Feb 17, 2016 2:15 PM, "Kyle Smith" 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 >> >> On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 2:04 PM Ken D'Ambrosio 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 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/ >> >> >> ___ >> 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/ > -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Boot-to-CLI distro?
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" 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 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 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 ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Boot-to-CLI distro?
+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 http://clonezilla.org/clonezilla-live.php -Shawn On Feb 17, 2016 2:15 PM, "Kyle Smith" 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 > > On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 2:04 PM Ken D'Ambrosio 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 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/ >> > > ___ > 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/
Re: Boot-to-CLI distro?
Ubuntu has the mini distro, but I think your only option with that is to install it. Richard Kolb II On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 2:00 PM, Ken D'Ambrosio 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 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/ > > ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Boot-to-CLI distro?
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 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 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/ > ___ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/
Re: Boot-to-CLI distro?
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 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/ [1] Links: -- [1] 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/
Re: Boot-to-CLI distro?
In GRUB, boot to init 1, single user mode. Brian Chabot On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 1:46 PM, Ken D'Ambrosio 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/
Boot-to-CLI distro?
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/
