Re: Using a Debian Stretch netinstaller image as a Rescue Disk

2018-08-17 Thread john doe
On 8/17/2018 4:05 PM, Jude DaShiell wrote: Yes, once language and keyboard get selected type the less than character. That should get you a numbered menu on the screen. One of those numbers will allow you to execute a shell. When I do a debian install, I like to get into this menu as soon as p

Re: Using a Debian Stretch netinstaller image as a Rescue Disk

2018-08-17 Thread Jude DaShiell
need to hit return to get the next step going. On Thu, 16 Aug 2018, Martin McCormick wrote: > Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2018 13:14:54 > From: Martin McCormick > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Using a Debian Stretch netinstaller image as a Rescue Disk > Resent-Date: Thu, 16 Au

Re: Using a Debian Stretch netinstaller image as a Rescue Disk

2018-08-16 Thread arne
On Thu, 16 Aug 2018 23:55:43 +0200 arne wrote: > On Thu, 16 Aug 2018 21:56:47 +0200 > john doe wrote: > > > On 8/16/2018 9:39 PM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Martin McCormick wrote: > > >> Ah, this sounds good. Thank you. > > > > > > I assume that the system is very

Re: Using a Debian Stretch netinstaller image as a Rescue Disk

2018-08-16 Thread arne
On Thu, 16 Aug 2018 21:56:47 +0200 john doe wrote: > On 8/16/2018 9:39 PM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Martin McCormick wrote: > >> Ah, this sounds good. Thank you. > > > > I assume that the system is very limited. > > > > If you need more, consider the Debian Live ISOs at > >

Re: Using a Debian Stretch netinstaller image as a Rescue Disk

2018-08-16 Thread john doe
On 8/16/2018 9:39 PM, Thomas Schmitt wrote: Hi, Martin McCormick wrote: Ah, this sounds good. Thank you. I assume that the system is very limited. If you need more, consider the Debian Live ISOs at https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/ https://cdimage.deb

Re: Using a Debian Stretch netinstaller image as a Rescue Disk

2018-08-16 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Martin McCormick wrote: > Ah, this sounds good. Thank you. I assume that the system is very limited. If you need more, consider the Debian Live ISOs at https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/amd64/iso-hybrid/ https://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current-live/i386/iso-hybrid/

Re: Using a Debian Stretch netinstaller image as a Rescue Disk

2018-08-16 Thread Martin McCormick
"Thomas Schmitt" writes: > Hi, > > > Trying it with > qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m 512 -cdrom > debian-9.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso > > I select menu item "Advanced options" > and then menu item "Rescue mode". > Now i get to choose by menus: Language, Country, Keymap. > (Some internal retri

Re: Using a Debian Stretch netinstaller image as a Rescue Disk

2018-08-16 Thread Thomas Schmitt
Hi, Martin McCormick wrote: > Maybe I am missing something obvious but is there a way > to boot the CD, select language and keyboard and then skip > directly to the rescue shell? Trying it with qemu-system-x86_64 -enable-kvm -m 512 -cdrom debian-9.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso I select menu item "Adva

Using a Debian Stretch netinstaller image as a Rescue Disk

2018-08-16 Thread Martin McCormick
I am familiar with using the debian netinstaller images for stretch and earlier versions and they boot up with installation of debian as their primary purpose but after the installation is complete, there is a rescue screen in which one can run a shell and a few utilities to mount the boot