Mike Copeland wrote:
> Michael,
>
> To change a system that boots into the Graphic desktop to a system that
> boots to a text prompt (or vice versa):
>
> Edit the file
> /etc/inittab
> And change the line that reads:
> id:3:initdefault:
> to
> id:5:initdefault:
> (or vice versa)
>
> The 3 and 5 are the "run level" that the system will boot into.
> 3 = text mode
> 5 = graphics (Xserver)
And if you can't get to /etc/inittab download a copy of Knoppix and
boot up off of that, it will give you all the toys (err tools) needed to
get to the file.
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It's all relative
Eugene Vital
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