Set inittab to 3 -

Jan Willies jan at willies.info
Wed May 25 09:44:44 UTC 2011


2011/5/25 Bob Goodwin <bobgoodwin at wildblue.net>

> On 25/05/11 05:33, Jan Willies wrote:
> > 2011/5/25 Bob Goodwin <bobgoodwin at wildblue.net>
> >
> >            New install F-15: When I attempted to change the inittab
> >     setting
> >            from 5 to 3 as I normally do I was told that was no longer
> >     the way.
> >
> >            I should do ln -s ...
> >
> >            That told me the file already existed so I deleted it and ran
> >            the command again with the appropriate changes.
> >
> >            Now I can no longer boot. I get the blue screen with the egg
> in
> >            the center which grows slowly to perhaps 90% and the process
> >            stops. Now I can't boot so I can't repair things. Do I need to
> >            reinstall F-15?
> >
> >
> > Your can boot with systemd.unit=emergency.target and fix it.
>
>         Where do I put that command, in the grub screen I assume but where?
>

In the kernel-line, where you did put '3'.

'3' should translate to 'systemd.unit=multi-user.target', see
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SysVinit_to_Systemd_Cheatsheet
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