Re: how to create rescue disk fedora 23

2016-01-23 Thread Michael D. Setzer II
On 23 Jan 2016 at 11:56, Jack Craig wrote: Date sent: Sat, 23 Jan 2016 11:56:46 -0800 Subject:how to create rescue disk fedora 23 From: Jack Craig To: Community support for Fedora users Send reply to: Community support for Fedora users > > hi all, > > af

Re: how to create rescue disk fedora 23

2016-01-23 Thread Jack Craig
On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 12:17 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > On 01/23/2016 11:56 AM, Jack Craig wrote: > >> after a recent, unfortunate upgrade to F23, i resolve to >> have a rescue disk ready for next time i end in grub. >> >> however, i am not finding any how to cre

Re: how to create rescue disk fedora 23

2016-01-23 Thread Jack Craig
i was trying to build a bootable USB drive for tails testing and somwhow, i don't know how as i was being Real careful, it hammered my boot disk. recovery guidance on the web didnt work. so, as i was on f21, i jumped up to f23, but crave turmoil avoidance. On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 12:08 PM, Bernar

Re: how to create rescue disk fedora 23

2016-01-23 Thread vendor
On Sat, 23 Jan 2016, fred roller wrote: On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 3:20 PM, Bernardo Sulzbach wrote: [snip] I am inclined to agree, very often having a drive with a live image laying around helps. -- Bernardo Sulzbach -- [snip] +1 and since I keep the important data

Re: how to create rescue disk fedora 23

2016-01-23 Thread fred roller
+1 and since I keep the important data files on a seperate partition the live usb is my recovery. Just reinstall. Back up in usually <30 minutes; minus the eye candy. On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 3:20 PM, Bernardo Sulzbach < mafagafogiga...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 6:17 PM, Joe Ze

Re: how to create rescue disk fedora 23

2016-01-23 Thread Bernardo Sulzbach
On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 6:17 PM, Joe Zeff wrote: > Why not just make a LiveUSB/DVD? It's got everything you would normally > need to repair your system, including a working GUI. I am inclined to agree, very often having a drive with a live image laying around helps. -- Bernardo Sulzbach -- us

Re: how to create rescue disk fedora 23

2016-01-23 Thread Joe Zeff
On 01/23/2016 11:56 AM, Jack Craig wrote: after a recent, unfortunate upgrade to F23, i resolve to have a rescue disk ready for next time i end in grub. however, i am not finding any how to create bookable recovery disk doc? Why not just make a LiveUSB/DVD? It's got everything you

Re: how to create rescue disk fedora 23

2016-01-23 Thread Bernardo Sulzbach
On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 5:56 PM, Jack Craig wrote: > unfortunate upgrade to F23 It is not directly relevant to the discussion, but may you please write more about it? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.or

how to create rescue disk fedora 23

2016-01-23 Thread Jack Craig
hi all, after a recent, unfortunate upgrade to F23, i resolve to have a rescue disk ready for next time i end in grub. however, i am not finding any how to create bookable recovery disk doc? ptrs anyone? tia, jackc... -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or

Re: Rescue Disk

2013-09-22 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 21.09.2013 06:21, schrieb Robert McBroom: > On 09/20/2013 06:06 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: >> Am 21.09.2013 00:03, schrieb Robert McBroom: >>> Do any of the spins have a rescue mode in the trouble shooting menu? The >>> KDE Spin does not. I do not see a rescue >>> .iso disk in the mirrors. I

Re: Rescue Disk

2013-09-22 Thread Reindl Harald
Am 21.09.2013 00:03, schrieb Robert McBroom: > Do any of the spins have a rescue mode in the trouble shooting menu? The KDE > Spin does not. I do not see a rescue > .iso disk in the mirrors. I've scrambled grub2 on my boot partition what more do you need than "grub2-install /dev/your-partition

Re: Rescue Disk

2013-09-20 Thread Robert McBroom
On 09/20/2013 06:06 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: Am 21.09.2013 00:03, schrieb Robert McBroom: Do any of the spins have a rescue mode in the trouble shooting menu? The KDE Spin does not. I do not see a rescue .iso disk in the mirrors. I've scrambled grub2 on my boot partition what more do you ne

Re: Rescue Disk

2013-09-20 Thread Suvayu Ali
ely functional Linux system. It is much more than a rescue disk ;). Just boot the live system, and `su -', and start troubleshooting. For your particular grub problem, after the su, you can simply do grub install on the boot partition from your live system. Hope this helps, -- Suvayu

Rescue Disk

2013-09-20 Thread Robert McBroom
Do any of the spins have a rescue mode in the trouble shooting menu? The KDE Spin does not. I do not see a rescue .iso disk in the mirrors. I've scrambled grub2 on my boot partition. Robert McBroom -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription opti

Re: F18: rescue EFI boot from rescue disk: cannot "modprobe efivars"

2013-02-26 Thread Michael Cronenworth
Nick Urbanik wrote: > From a rescue disk, I cannot run efibootmgr. The response is always, > "Fatal: Couldn't open either sysfs or procfs directories for accessing > EFI variables. > Try "modprobe efivars" as root" This means your system is not EFI. You s

F18: rescue EFI boot from rescue disk: cannot "modprobe efivars"

2013-02-25 Thread Nick Urbanik
Dear Folks, I tried to upgrade my Fedora 18 x86_64 on my Lenovo X121e laptop from grub-efi to grub2-efi with a failure to boot. I followed the wiki entry for Fedup, under "Updating GRUB". From a rescue disk, I cannot run efibootmgr. The response is always, "Fatal: Couldn'