Request: boot rescue environment from USB key

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On Wed, 08 Mar 2006 23:19:08 -0500
Jesse Keating <jkeating at j2solutions.net> wrote:

> On Wed, 2006-03-08 at 22:57 -0500, Philippe Rigault wrote:
> > If one wants to boot Fedora Core from a USB key (using diskboot.img from the 
> > images directory), it is currently only possible to run the installer, but 
> > not a rescue environment. 
> > 
> > It would be very helpful to be able to boot a rescue environment from an USB 
> > key.
> > 
> > Is that doable easily ? 
> 
> I'm reasonably certain that if you boot the diskboot.img with 'rescue'
> as a boot option, you'll get a rescue environment.  In fact, I just
> tested it and it does work.  You still have to point to a location of
> Stage2 (IE an install location), but it does go into Rescue mode.
> 
> -- 
> Jesse Keating RHCE      (geek.j2solutions.net)
> Fedora Legacy Team      (www.fedoralegacy.org)
> GPG Public Key          (geek.j2solutions.net/jkeating.j2solutions.pub)
> 
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