Boot-to-CLI distro?

[Richard Kolb II]

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 <ken at 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 <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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