Re: [SLE] boot SuSE 8 into plain text mode

there's probably a yast module that takes care of this, but what i always do is log in as root and edit the file /etc/inittab. there will be a line, (probably the first non-comment line), that looks like this id:5:initdefault: this sets your default run level to 5, which is the graphical login. you want your default run level to be 3, (multi-user with network), so you'll want to make the line look like this id:3:initdefault: save the file and the next time you boot up you'll start in a text console. in the meantime, while still root type the command telinit 3, to change you system to runlevel 3. best of luck, bc