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RE: [ecs] how does one boot RH9 with*out* the gui ? Rob Hicks Tue, 4 Nov 2003 14:30:44 -0700

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 Tue, 4 Nov 2003 14:30:44 -0700
Mark,

If you are trying to recover RH9, you can use the RH9 installation disk.
Just hit F5 when CDROM boots.

Rob 
+1.801.836.0904
rob.hicks@comcast.net


-----Original Message-----
From: Mark Gilmore [mailto:mark@markgilmore.net] 
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 2:19 PM
To: ecs@netbloc.com
Subject: RE: [ecs] how does one boot RH9 with*out* the gui ?

Sorry for the confusion:
I meant to say that I was booting via a Knoppix CD,
so as to be able to access the files on my RH9 hard-disk.
Such sys recovery operations is one very good reason to have a Knoppix CD 
around :-).
Highly recommended.

At 02:12 PM 11/4/2003 -0700, you wrote:

>Mark,
>
>I really don't know anything about Knoppix. When I saw that you were using
>it, I downloaded it with the idea of playing with it. But I still haven't
>made it to it.
>
>Sorry I can't be of any help.
>
>Rob
>+1.801.836.0904
>rob.hicks@comcast.net
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mark Gilmore [mailto:mark@markgilmore.net]
>Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 2:05 PM
>To: ecs@netbloc.com
>Subject: RE: [ecs] how does one boot RH9 with*out* the gui ?
>
>Hi Rob,
>Actually, I'm only booting via Knoppix.
>Do you know if there is a way of bypassing the GUI via an interactive boot
>(in which I respond "Y" for each task to be run) ?
>Thanks,
>
>At 02:01 PM 11/4/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>
> >Mark,
> >
> >It sounds like you are getting the system to boot, at least enough to get
> >access to /etc. If so, you can boot the system into a terminal by
modifying
> >/etc/inittab. Change the line that reads:
> >
> >id:5:initdefault:
> >
> >to:
> >
> >id:3:initdefault:
> >
> >This tells the system to boot into run level 3, which is a terminal or
> >console mode. Run level 5 is the graphical mode.
> >
> >Rob
> >+1.801.836.0904
> >rob.hicks@comcast.net
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Mark Gilmore [mailto:mark@markgilmore.net]
> >Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 1:42 PM
> >To: ecs@netbloc.com
> >Subject: [ecs] how does one boot RH9 with*out* the gui ?
> >
> >
> >
> >Mark Gilmore
> >http://OmnipotenceSoftware.com
> >
> >
> >
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