No you type whatever your linux kernel label is, if you normally boot "linux" you would boot "linux 3" but since your running debian even runlevel 2 has *dm in it, you have to boot into runlevel 1 and remove it from at least runlevel 2 and then boot into runlevel 2 for a text login, yuou can also remove it from everything except 5 and use 5 as a grpahical login as most distro's do. I never understood why deb did it the way it does. On Wed, 21 Aug 2002 13:29:42 -0700 "Mark Berkwitt" wrote: > Thanks for trying to help, BoBB. > Unfortunately, when I try "boot: level 3" I get the reply > "Could not find kernel image: level" > > -----Original Message----- > From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf Of BoBB > Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2002 1:18 PM > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > Subject: Re: How do I boot into text mode, without X? > > > On Wed, 21 Aug 2002 12:57:31 -0700 > "Mark Berkwitt" wrote: > > > I'm searching through the index of my copy of "Running LINUX" 3rd Ed. and > > can't find how to boot: into level 3 (I think that's right) thus avoiding > X. > > Depends on your distro, most of the "big" distro's stick to having run level > 5 as the graphic login runlevel. what you would want to do at the lilo > prompt is type 'linux 3'(or whatever the label is for your kernel) to boot > to runlevel 3. If you want to boot into run level 3 by default edit > /etc/inittab look for a like like this > > id:5:initdefault: > > and change 5 to 3. Im not to sure on the facts but i heard you shouldn't > change anything else in this file unless you know exactly what your doing. > maybee someone more experienced can put in thier $.02 :) > > -- > BoBB > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- BoBB