Booting to text mode

[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 the "e" key to
> edit the configuration.  From the list of directives, find the kernel line
> with the arrow keys, and select "e" again to edit that line.  Go to the end,
> and add a " 3" (thats a space and a 3) to the end of the line.
>  I think you might have to hit the enter key when you are done editing,
> then select "b" to boot the changed entry.  When it does, you should boot into
> text mode.  You should then be able to login through the command line prompt
> and edit what you need to.

Is it possible to set up the Grub screen to allow a choice to boot into 
either text or graphics mode?

And then, having booted into text mode, to load the GUI later?

 


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