On the boot menu (GRUB or LILO) is it possible to be able to choose init=3 or init=5 ??
If so, what options do you pass to the kernel on loading?

I currently have two options:
Linux
Win98 / Win2k

but i'd like to change the Linux one to:
Linux - Command Line ie. init 3
Linux - GUI ie. init 5

btw, I am using RH7.2 / GRUB but I suppose it's relevant to both.

TIA
Joadoor

yeah that's easy enough. i *still* haven't got a clue what a grub config file looks like, but just copy the current one you're using and specify the runlevel in it with "init 3" in the kernel parameters.

I don't know. I suppose if you wrote a program that is run from /etc/init.d, and had it look at the kernel parameters given and set the runlevel accordingly, it might work, but I'd be sceptical.

Just out of curiosity, why would you want to do this? Could you not set up your system so that you're given a text login, and those that want to be taken straight to the GUI do so? I think you'd maybe need to edit the .bashrc file in some users ~ directory, and possible their .xinitrc as well.

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Damn! I hate it when that happens! Ok, I suppose my idea was a little far-stretched. Go with Master Kewp's
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thanx guys, sorry ... bit of a newbie here getting to grips with a COOL OS

I'm in work at the mo, (M$ world) so can't check a GRUB.CONF and can't remember exactly the syntax.
One of my Linux lines looks similar to:

kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.7-10 ro root=/dev/hdf11 hdd=ide-scsi

how do I add the init 5 option? just put init=5 at the end like:

...root=/dev/hdf11 hdd=ide-scsi init=5

like i originally said, it's "init 3" not "init=3"

sorry, just thought the format had to be setting=option

i'll trust the master