On Dec 10, 1999 at 16:46, Rahul Chaudhary wrote:

> 3) By default my linux boots into X-windows. How do I switch to
> command prompt at bootup time. In windows you press F8 when it shows
> "starting windows....".

This isn't windows. edit /etc/inittab find a line which looks like:

id:5:initdefault:

There may be some instructions near it. If not, (make sure you have a
bootdisk handy) change the 5 to 3.

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