how to boot in text console

Luciano Miguel Ferreira Rocha strange at nsk.no-ip.org
Tue Feb 3 14:56:55 UTC 2004


On Mon, Feb 02, 2004 at 02:59:27PM +0800, Jasin #14 wrote:
> how do i boot up in text console in fedora? it seems that i always boot
> up directly into graphical one. thanks

Others told you already about /etc/inittab, but if you want to change
to graphical, text mode or single user just for once, you can pass the
runlevel to init o boot.

On grub:
* highlight the correct entry
* press 'a' for "append"
* enter the new runlevel:
  single: single mode, without network and multiuser
  3     : multiuser, text mode
  5	: multiuser, graphical
  -b	: emergency, boot only a shell

(on new grub. On old, press 'e' for "edit" and add the runlevel at the end
of the line)

On lilo:
* switch to text ui if on gui
* enter the boot label followed by the runlevel

Regards,
Luciano Rocha





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