Grub2 problems

[Rick Stevens]

On 08/02/2013 01:32 PM, Joe Zeff issued this missive:
> On 08/02/2013 01:19 PM, Rick Stevens wrote:
>> 1. Use the arrow keys to highlight the kernel you want to modify
>> 2. Press "E" to begin editing that entry
>> 3. Use the arrow keys to scroll down to the line beginning with "linux"
>> 4. Press the "END" key to go to the end of the line
>> 5. Tack on a space and the word "single" (without the quotes) to the end
>> 6. Press F10 to boot the modified entry.
>
> When I was only able to boot this computer to a CLI (old-style runlevel
> 3) I found that I could scroll down to the line under that, use the
> left-arrow key to get to the end of the proper line and add " 3" without
> the quotes.  Using END hadn't occurred to me.  Thanx!

Hey, Joe, "even a blind pig finds the occasional truffle!"

"blind pig" <--- ME! :-)
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