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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=484164918-18082008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Once you boot into GUI you can login as root or login as a
user and </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=484164918-18082008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>once in a terminal window su - to root and then change the
line in /etc/inittab from</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=484164918-18082008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>id:5:initdefault:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=484164918-18082008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>to</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=484164918-18082008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>id:3:initdefault:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=484164918-18082008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>You can also do init 3 after saving the change to see what
will happen before rebooting.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=484164918-18082008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>This will keep the GUI login from being run and boot all
enabled console screens and leave you at a character login.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=484164918-18082008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>The way to boot without any services as needed is to login
as root or become root with su - once the system</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=484164918-18082008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>is booted into runlevel 3 or 5 and do init 1 or telinit
1.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=484164918-18082008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>This will put the system in single user runlevel and shut
off all services similar to rescue mode.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=484164918-18082008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>This would only allow you work from the console until you
changed back to runlevel 3 or 5.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> centos-bounces@centos.org
[mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] <B>On Behalf Of </B>ABBAS
KHAN<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, August 18, 2008 1:46 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
centos@centos.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [CentOS] Boot CentOS 5 to command
line<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Hi fellows,<BR><BR>Pretty new to CentOS.<BR>I was trying to find a
way to boot CentOS into command prompt instead of GUI (or without loading any
services).<BR>Tried using 'Crl+Alt+F1' at the boot process, but, that holds the
screen at mounting and doing fstab and doesn't proceed further.<BR>Is there
anyother way to boot CentOS into command prompt without using Rescue option from
the installation CD?<BR><BR>Thanks.<BR><BR>Best.<BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>