Boot-to-CLI distro?

[Brian Chabot]

In GRUB, boot to init 1, single user mode.

Brian Chabot

On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 1:46 PM, Ken D'Ambrosio <ken at 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
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