Thanks you :) On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 12:33 PM, Bobby <bobby at d4business.com> wrote: > On Monday 18 August 2008 14:46:22 ABBAS KHAN 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? > > > > Thanks. > > > > Best. > > Then there is the temporary method for when you forget the passwd. Or > simply > want to get into single user mode. Which is to add the word single to the > kernel boot line (if you are using GRUB boot loader, which is default in > CentOS). > > When GRUB appears press any key to stop the automatic countdown. > Select the kernel to boot from and press e for edit. > Then cursor down to the line that starts with kernel (usually the 2nd > line), > and press e to edit that line. Go to the end of the line and add a space > and > the word single. > Press Enter to accept your change, and b to boot. > It will now boot with your change. > > Please note, since we did not actually alter the config file it will not > retain this change at any subsequent boots. > > -- > > Bobby > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080818/508aaa1c/attachment-0005.html>