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
Don Parris wrote:
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.
On Friday 06 August 2004 18:45, James Knott wrote:
Don Parris wrote:
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.
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.
I thought '3' was already enough. ;) Cheers, Leen
Don Parris wrote:
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
Whenever your in the mood for CL interface just Ctl-Alt-F1, login as root and issue "init 3". When the mood has passed issue "init 5" to get back to the GUI. No need to reboot. I usually get my fill of CLI just going to the first console (Ctl-Alt-F1). -- SuSE Linux 8.2 (i586) ---- 2.4.20-4GB-athlon --- Fri 08/06/04 12:25 12:25pm up 16 days 18:31, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
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From: Terry Eck
I'd like to be able to choose between booting runlevel 3 and RL5 at
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
Don Parris wrote: the options
in Yast, I'm not sure what info to enter.
Thanks, Don
Why not just open a shell window? The icon on the task bar the looks like a monitor with a shell in the bottom right. If you feel that you can only run CLI stuff from the boot window, at the boot prompt type a 3 (all by it self) on the boot line and it will boot to RL3 Ken
The Friday 2004-08-06 at 12:33 -0500, Terry Eck wrote:
Whenever your in the mood for CL interface just Ctl-Alt-F1, login as root and issue "init 3". When the mood has passed issue "init 5" to get back to the GUI. No need to reboot. I usually get my fill of CLI just going to the first console (Ctl-Alt-F1).
Even simpler: type Ctl-Alt-F1 for text mode, or Ctl-Alt-F7 to go back to graphic mode. No need to stop the X server, unless for maintenance, or conserving memory. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson
Don Parris wrote:
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.
Here are the first two sections in /boot/grub/menu.lst on one of my systems: title Linux GUI Desktop kernel (hd1,4)/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda7 5 devfs=mount acpi=ht resume=/dev/sda6 vga=788 initrd (hd1,4)/initrd title Linux Text Consoles with Network kernel (hd1,4)/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda7 3 devfs=mount acpi=ht resume=/dev/sda6 vga=788 initrd (hd1,4)/initrd The first boots as described in the title, as does the second. Any text editor can adjust yours similarly. Mine is set to the latter by default, runlevel 3. If you use lilo, just make similar changes to /etc/lilo.conf. I can never remember what file has the default runlevel set (/etc/inittab), but with numbers on the kernel line, it doesn't matter. -- "Never tire of doing what is right." 2 Thessalonians 3:13 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/
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