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jackren
02-26-2004, 01:46 PM
how can I boot to console, I have lilo that starts whith a "splashscreen" and 3 options : linux, failsafe and windows.
I want to boot to a console and I don't want the windowmanager to start.
( when windowmanager wdm starts it totaly locks my keyboard)
Which key at what time should I push to get a prompt before lilo starts booting?
baldyeti
02-26-2004, 04:28 PM
You can either:
- edit your /etc/lilo.conf file, and add "2" at the end of your append=xxx line
- edit your /etc/inittab file and change 5 to 2 in the initdefault line
bamarob
02-26-2004, 05:24 PM
At the lilo prompt, you should be able to type
linux 2 to boot up in runlevel 2.
jackren
02-26-2004, 07:06 PM
linux 2 doesn't boot at lilo prompt, it only excepts the 3 lilo entrys from
lilo.config : linux,failsafe and windows
How can I stop the boot proces just before it starts the windowmanager?
jackren
02-26-2004, 07:08 PM
edit your /etc/lilo.conf file, and add "2" at the end of your append=xxx line
- edit your /etc/inittab file and change 5 to 2 in the initdefault line
how can I edit these files and run lilo if I can't boot to consolemode?
RockMumbles
02-26-2004, 08:28 PM
Boot from your cd not your hd install, use:
knoppix 2
at your boot prompt. Then (as root) mount your hd install read/write, (let's assume your knoppix hd install is at /dev/hda1) so:
mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1
mount -o remount,rw /mnt/hda1
then:
cd /mnt/hda1/etc
and using a console editor (vi, nano etc.) or mc and edit your inittab file and in the id:x:initdefault: line substitute: 2 for 5
# The default runlevel.
id:5:initdefault:
Change to:
# The default runlevel.
id:2:initdefault:
Editing your ininttab file should fix your startup problem, but if you want to (or need to) edit your lilo.conf file you will need to chroot to your hd partition:
cd /mnt/hda1
chroot /mnt/hda1
cd etc
then again use a console editor and edit your lilo.conf file, save it and the run lilo:
/sbin/lilo -v
Pay attention to any error messages lilo give you.
HTH
~rock
jackren
02-27-2004, 10:35 PM
thanks Rockmumbles, for your clear advice, it worked.
Only one thing, I had so switch it to 1 (inittab) runlevel 1 was singleuser mode it said in inittab.
Stephen
02-28-2004, 12:59 AM
thanks Rockmumbles, for your clear advice, it worked.
Only one thing, I had so switch it to 1 (inittab) runlevel 1 was singleuser mode it said in inittab.
The run levels 2-5 are all the same in Debian unless you change them, if you had wanted at your Lilo screen you could have typed in Linux single and had the same effect.
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