Thanks for the replies.
I found that by hitting ctrl-alt-f1 I could get into a
shell to edit the /etc/inittab file.
--- Eugene Vital <e.vital.1003 (at) karibe DOT com> wrote:
> 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.
>
> --
> It's all relative
>
>
> Eugene Vital
> EGN-Tech www.egntech.com
>
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