Re: boot in console mode from grub2

[Steve Litt <slitt@troubleshooters.com>]

On Tue, 06 May 2014 12:39:03 -0500
Hugo Vanwoerkom <hvw59601@care2.com> wrote:

> François Patte wrote:
> > Bonjour,
> > 
> > I would like to boot in console mode from the grub screen (ie not in
> > graphic mode), but I don't want to be in single user mode, ie.: I
> > want to have a "normal boot" without X.
> > 
> > I can't find any tuto for grub2 installed on my system.
> > 
> > Thank you.
> 
> from /etc/default/grub:
> 
> # Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only)
> #GRUB_TERMINAL=console
> 
> then run update-grub.
> 
> Hugo

That often doesn't work, and it for sure doesn't boot straight to the
monitor without a framebuffer.

In this one respect, 1998 Redhat 5.1 sure was a breath of fresh air.

Thanks,

SteveT

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