[SATLUG] Runlevel Switching

[tom weeks]

On Sunday 07 January 2007 19:43, twistedpickles wrote:
> If you are trying to start up at runlevel 3. The another way to do it
> is pass it through grub.
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> 1. at grub boot screen press "e"
> 2. select the line which reads "kernel...."etc  & press "e" again
> 3. scroll to the end of the line and enter "linux 3" without the ""
> 4. press enter
> 5. press "b" to boot this should take you into runlevel 3.

A little bit faster way of doing the same thing:
1. at grub boot screen, press "a" (for append)
2. type " 3" (space 3)
3. hit enter

For the long term.. edit /boot/grub/grub.conf, replicate the default stanzas 
and modify it for runlevel 3 so you'll have it as a permanent boot option:

title Red Hat Linux (Regular Runlevel 5/X11)
        root (hd0,0)
        kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-24.7 ro root=/dev/hda2
        initrd /initrd-2.4.20-24.7.img

title Red Hat Linux (Runlevel 3/text console)
        root (hd0,0)
        kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-24.7 ro root=/dev/hda2 3
        initrd /initrd-2.4.20-24.7.img

Tweeks