Request: boot rescue environment from USB key

[Jesse Keating]

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.

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