install fail: configuring Kernel parameters
Robert L Cochran
cochranb at speakeasy.net
Wed Nov 24 00:52:26 UTC 2004
Terry R. Grier wrote:
> <>S,
>
> and add '3' and boot (b) to console-only mode.
>
> What does the add 3 exactly mean?
kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.9-1.681_FC3 ro root=/dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 3
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------^
The 3 you see just above the ^ will boot you into run level 3. Run level
3 gives you a console with no X windows.
Bob
> <>and I have
> initrd .img as an option
> and I have root.
>
> Which one gets me to console only mode?
>
> T
> When you get the grub menu - try editing (e) - and remove 'rhgb',
> 'quiet' options - and add '3' and boot (b) to console-only mode
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