>>>>> Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> writes: > It definitely isn't an option offered by the installer. The only way I > can see to get a root shell on tty9 on booting is by doing > systemctl enable debug-shell.service > beforehand. Surely you would notice that? :) Yes, I would have thought I'd notice myself typing that. I must have done it in my sleep or something. Anyhow, the problem is solved, thanks. Yours sincerely, -- Jim Ottaway