Re: [SLE] Adding Boot Prompt Option
I should have mentioned I'm using LILO, not GRUB.
Don
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Subject: Re: [SLE] Adding Boot Prompt Option
Date: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 12:45:37 -0400
From: James Knott
I'd like to be able to choose between booting runlevel 3 and RL5 at the boot prompt with SL 8.0 Pro. I can choose Linux, Win, Safe-mode currently. I just want to add an option to go RL3 instead of RL5 when I've got that Command Line feeling. :) When I try to modify the options in Yast, I'm not sure what info to enter.
Thanks, Don
You don't have to modify anything. Assuming you're running Grub, just enter "init 3" in the Boot Options box, whenever you want to use run level 3. -- Web Developer Matheteuo Christian Fellowship webdev@matheteuo.org http://matheteuo.org/ Running MS Windows + Office = $400 Running Linux + OpenOffice.org = $0 Celebrating as you delete your format your Windows drive = PRICELESS
The Friday 2004-08-06 at 22:08 -0000, Web Developer wrote:
I should have mentioned I'm using LILO, not GRUB.
Doesn't matter: just type a '3' at the boot prompt, either grub's or lilo's. If you want to have a grub/lilo entry menu for that one, simply copy the 'linux' entry to a new one (file '/etc/lilo.conf') with a 3 at the end of the options line - but I find that typing a '3' at the boot menu is faster than navigating to the proper entry. If you want to make the change permanent, the "normal" way is to edit the '/etc/inittab' file: # The default runlevel is defined here id:5:initdefault: Change the '5' to a '3' for text mode only. This can also be done in yast somewhere, I think. Alternatively, simply type [ctrl][alt][F1..F6] to switch to one of the 6 text mode consoles. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson
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