On Sun, 16 Nov 2003, Brian Manser wrote:
> Thanks for your quick response. I have tried changing the Grub.Conf file as
> per your instructions. copied the original entry 3 lines, added a title line
> and appended init=3 tried in two places,
>
> original line"kernal /boot/vmlinux-2.4.8.20 ro root=LABEL=/hd0-ide-scsi
> "here""
I doubt that it would work to have a kernel parameter on another line.
> and "kernal /boot/vmlinux-2.4.8.20 ro root=LABEL=/"here"
If you didn't have a space between LABEL=/ and what you put "here",
that would make it fail. In any case, this should work:
kernal /boot/vmlinux-2.4.8.20 ro root=LABEL=/ 3
> neither of these options worked. Still booted straight into a GUI. Must have
> got something wrong!
> Can you sus it. Brian
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Simon Bassett" <sbassett@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 6:21 PM
> Subject: Re: boot loader
>
>
> > /etc/grub.conf is the standard config file. For the text login w/
> > command prompt, the best bet would be to simply copy the original entry
> >
> > title RedHat
> > root (hd0,0)
> > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.xx ro root=LABEL=/
> > initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.xx
> >
> > and simply put init=3 after the line starting with kernel
> >
> > root (hd0,0)
> > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.xx ro root=LABEL=/ init=3
> > initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.xx
> >
> > and simply add the title you wish to use ie
> >
> > title Text Login
> >
> > or whatever you want
> >
> > On Sun, 2003-11-16 at 12:01, Brian Manser wrote:
> > > Can anyone tell me how to put an extra entry on the boot loader screen I
> > > need an option for booting into a text login and command prompt.
> > >
> >
> >
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