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Sometimes you need perform irregular, unpleasant tasks involving a Linux box. One generally picks up the techniques via experience. This kind of thing tends to become less necessary as one learns Linux better, and thus it's easy to lose currency. The introduction of [[systemd]], for instance, changed almost all of this shit up. Almost everything here requires access to the console, relevant only long before sshd is running (though take a look at e.g. [https://wiki.debian.org/RescueInitramfs RescueInitramfs]).
Sometimes you need perform irregular, unpleasant tasks involving a Linux box. One generally picks up the techniques via experience. This kind of thing tends to become less necessary as one learns Linux better, and thus it's easy to lose currency. The introduction of [[systemd]], for instance, changed almost all of this shit up. Almost everything here requires access to the console, relevant only long before sshd is running (though take a look at e.g. [https://wiki.debian.org/RescueInitramfs RescueInitramfs]).
==firmware==
System firmware configuration can usually be entered by holding one of Delete, F2, or F1. A boot menu can commonly be accessed with F10.


==grub==
==grub==