On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 02:05:00PM -0400, debian debian wrote: > On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Robert Menes > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi folks, I have a Debian lenny-stable install that I need a little > > memory refresher with. > > > > I need to boot and go straight to a terminal, and not start X on > > bootup. I know there was a > > way of doing so, but I forgot (I'm a little rusty and need to not be rusty). > > > > Can someone tell me how to just boot and land on the command line, > > bypassing X? Thanks!
> You could always boot into single user mode (add "single" or "s" to > the kernel boot options) Never having used an X login manager (only using startx), I don't know if "single" works. Therefore, if you find that you still get X, then add init=/bin/sh to the kernel command line. This will mean that init does not start, and therefore no initscripts run. You will have to mount your / drive (or manually run each initscript in order with the "start" parameter) before you can edit any files. When done, you can exec init to get going again. Doug. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
