On 06/16/2011 08:28 AM, Tim wrote: > Most of the time, we don't. But then it can be handy for some boxes to > have different run-levels. > > e.g. A server that's usually left alone on the shelf, occasionally > remote managed by command line. Even less occasionally, you might plug > a keyboard and monitor into it, and want a full graphical environment > while you work on it. It's handy to be able to start-up/shut-off all > the unnecessary user-interfaces in one go. > > e.g. Fixing up a machine that's just gone out of whack. It's handy to > be able to easily start up in a mode where nearly all services are not > started up. So you can do repairs, or reset the list of what will > start-up, and get a computer to actually finish booting when something > it used to demand existed no-longer does (like NFS-mounted resources > when you unplug a machine to use in another location). > > I'm yet to read how this important functionality, to a large number of > people will be handled, with the move away from the old system. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_debug_Systemd_problems#Boot_into_rescue_mode_or_to_a_emergency_shell Rahul -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
