[CentOS] Boot CentOS 5 to command line

2008-08-18 Thread ABBAS KHAN
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

Re: [CentOS] Boot CentOS 5 to command line

2008-08-18 Thread Barry Brimer
Quoting ABBAS KHAN [EMAIL PROTECTED]: 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

Re: [CentOS] Boot CentOS 5 to command line

2008-08-18 Thread Brett Serkez
On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 2:46 PM, ABBAS KHAN [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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

Re: [CentOS] Boot CentOS 5 to command line

2008-08-18 Thread MHR
On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 11:46 AM, ABBAS KHAN [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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

RE: [CentOS] Boot CentOS 5 to command line

2008-08-18 Thread Michael Peterson
@centos.org Subject: [CentOS] Boot CentOS 5 to command line 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

Re: [CentOS] Boot CentOS 5 to command line

2008-08-18 Thread Bobby
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

Re: [CentOS] Boot CentOS 5 to command line

2008-08-18 Thread Ian Blackwell
Barry Brimer wrote: id:3:initdefault: This will tell your system to boot into text mode. If you want to switch while you are running .. you can type init 3 to go to text mode and init 5 to go to graphical mode. This will need to be done as the root user. The obligatory warning:- Run

Re: [CentOS] Boot CentOS 5 to command line

2008-08-18 Thread ABBAS KHAN
Thanks you :) On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 12:33 PM, Bobby [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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).