On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 11:46 AM, ABBAS KHAN <bashukhan at gmail.com> wrote: > 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? > When the grub screen showing which OS it will boot in X seconds comes up, type <space>, edit the boot line and add a " 3" (with the space but without the quotes) to the end of the line, and it will come up at level 3 (no GUI). mhr