Re: installing and selecting runlevel 3?

["Gene C." <czar czarc net>]

On Monday 29 September 2003 16:57, Georg E Schneider wrote:
> If you can get a text-based console or boot up with "linux single" you
> can edit /etc/inittab thers a line
>
> id:5:initdefault:

OK, since I had some (my pilot error) problems with this, I have become very 
familiar with now this works.

When you boot up and get the grub prompt to boot the system, type "e".  This 
will bring up a screen with all of the grub lines in it.  Position (arrow 
keys) to the "kernel" line and type "e".  You will now be presented with the 
"kernel" line which you can edit.  Add "nogui 3" (I usually place this 
between "ro" and "root=".  Be sure to leave a space between parameters.  This 
are the command line parameters which are passed to /sbin/init and will bring 
the system up in runlevel 3.  Not that firstboot will still run in gui mode 
by starting X.

Note to vmware users:  With the new gui boot and gui firstboot, it is useful 
to first bring things up in single user mode ("nogui single") -- you can then 
install the vmware stuff for the guest.  If you then reboot, the gui stuff 
such as firstboot will work properly.

Gene C.
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