<div dir="ltr">In GRUB, boot to init 1, single user mode.</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature">Brian Chabot</div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 1:46 PM, Ken D'Ambrosio <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ken@jots.org" target="_blank">ken@jots.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hey, all. Many's the time I just want to go and fix something stupid --<br>
maybe wipe a disk, or edit a file -- and all I want is to be able to<br>
stick in a USB stick and wind up at said CLI. But most distros these<br>
days are GUI-based. And Ubuntu Server (say) boots to install, period,<br>
which is an<br>
extremely-stripped-down-to-the-point-of-useless-for-anything-other-than-install<br>
CLI.<br>
<br>
Any middle ground someone could recommend?<br>
<br>
Thanks!<br>
<br>
-Ken<br>
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