Once you boot into GUI you can login as root or login as a
user and
once in a terminal window su - to root and then change the
line in /etc/inittab from
id:5:initdefault:
to
id:3:initdefault:
You can also do init 3 after saving the change to see what
will happen before rebooting.
This will keep the GUI login from being run and boot all
enabled console screens and leave you at a character login.
The way to boot without any services as needed is to login
as root or become root with su - once the system
is booted into runlevel 3 or 5 and do init 1 or telinit
1.
This will put the system in single user runlevel and shut
off all services similar to rescue mode.
This would only allow you work from the console until you
changed back to runlevel 3 or 5.
From: centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:centos-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of ABBAS KHAN
Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 1:46 PM
To: centos@xxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Boot CentOS 5 to command line
Hi fellows,
Pretty new to CentOS.
I was trying to find a way to boot CentOS into command prompt instead of GUI (or without loading any services).
Tried using 'Crl+Alt+F1' at the boot process, but, that holds the screen at mounting and doing fstab and doesn't proceed further.
Is there anyother way to boot CentOS into command prompt without using Rescue option from the installation CD?
Thanks.
Best.
Pretty new to CentOS.
I was trying to find a way to boot CentOS into command prompt instead of GUI (or without loading any services).
Tried using 'Crl+Alt+F1' at the boot process, but, that holds the screen at mounting and doing fstab and doesn't proceed further.
Is there anyother way to boot CentOS into command prompt without using Rescue option from the installation CD?
Thanks.
Best.
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