*ALMOST* longing for Windows stability

[Arthur Pemberton]

On 12/6/06, Ian Malone <ibmalone at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 06/12/06, Michael Satterwhite <michael at weblore.com> wrote:
> > Lonni J Friedman wrote:
>
> > > It sounds like X is hanging/crashing.  Can you boot to runlevel 3
> > > successfully/reliably?  if so, then you should do so, start X
> > > manually, and grab the X log to review.
> >
> > I really hate to show ignorance, but it's never stopped me before. From
> > the grub screen, how do I get it to boot to runlevel 3? I'm more than
> > willing to get information to help people help me.
> >
>
> Press e to edit the selected boot commands and add '3' to the
> end of the line that boots the kernel. Not entirely sure where
> this is documented, but a useful piece of knowledge (especially
> if you've forgotten the root password for a machine).

Any reason this hasn't been made easier/more intuitive in grub yet? It
seems most of the time this is necessary, it is by someone who doesn't
know how to do it yet.

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