Thanks everyone!
The init 3 after linux single was the trick. I will edit the inittab file as well.
-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Stainburn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 10:14 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Brian Lucas; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: Re: Newbie: Boot in text mode only
On Tuesday 27 Aug 2002 4:57 pm, Brian Lucas wrote:
> X isn't starting on my laptop and just cycling through the start
> sequence. How can I boot in just text mode without X?
Once your laptop has booted and the HD activity has stopped, press
<Alt>+<Ctrl>+<F1> to switch to a console mode terminal session.
Log in as root
enter the command 'init 3' and that will switch you to runlevel 3 which is
text mode only.
Then edit the file /etc/inittab. Near the top, you should see a line like:
id:5:initdefault:
Change the '5' to a '3' and in future when you boot up, your machine will
already be in runlevel 3
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