Re: Booting into Command Line mode

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

geno wrote:

> Is there something I can add to the F3-listed rescue command to start 
> up in command-line mode rather than in KDE when booting from the first 
> CD?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> geno
I'm not familiar with "the first CD", or using the F3 key on it, but I 
assume it presents you with a LILO: prompt or something similar with a 
line something like:
   LILO: rescue root=/dev/hda1
or somesuch; just add the paramater "single" to the mix, so it becomes:
   LILO: rescue root=/dev/hda1 single
This will boot you into single-user mode at a command prompt; if you 
need multi-user capability, you can temporarily add "exit 0" as the 
first executable line in whatever /etc/init.d/ script starts your KDE 
(I'm thinking probably /etc/init.d/kdm) and then either reboot (like 
with Ctrl-Alt-Del or "shutdown -r now") or change runlevels (like with 
"init 2").

Kent