On 2012-01-13, Frank McCormick <debianl...@videotron.ca> wrote: >>> >> >> For me the easiest way to boot into the cli is to either disable or >> remove your display manager. >> >> For gdm3, for instance, you could disable that puppy: > > Isn't booting into maintenance mode basically the same as going to > the cli? >
Well, it's going to the cli, but as root, with only a subset of the regular system running (I think). I can't seem to find the exact definition of 'single user mode,' but I do not think it should be considered the equivalent of simply running your machine without a graphical user interface. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/slrnjh0s0v.33f.cu...@einstein.electron.org
