Re: Booting to text mode

2011-02-05 Thread Kevin J. Cummings
On 02/05/2011 06:27 AM, Steve Hayes wrote: > On 4 Feb 2011 at 23:45, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: > >>> - Side question: There must be a way to boot into text mode (other >>> runlevel). How can I achieve that? - >> >> Yes, there is. At the Grub screen (before it times out and autoboots), >> select th

Re: Booting to text mode

2011-02-05 Thread Greg Woods
On Sat, 2011-02-05 at 13:27 +0200, Steve Hayes wrote: > Is it possible to set up the Grub screen to allow a choice to boot into > either text or graphics mode? Yes. Just edit grub.conf and copy the same stanza you are booting from, then add "3" to the end of the kernel line. Probably want to ch

Booting to text mode

2011-02-05 Thread Steve Hayes
On 4 Feb 2011 at 23:45, Kevin J. Cummings wrote: > > - Side question: There must be a way to boot into text mode (other > > runlevel). How can I achieve that? - > > Yes, there is. At the Grub screen (before it times out and autoboots), > select the kernel you want to boot from the list, and hit