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Old 03-17-2008, 04:59 PM   #1
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booting in text mode


how to boot ubuntu 7.10 in text mode?

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Old 03-17-2008, 05:03 PM   #2
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edit /etc/inittab and change the default run level to 3, or you could execute sudo telinit 3 from the command prompt
 
  


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