How can I have a text bootup and login
 

Most of the time my Fedora Core 1 box is just serving files and being a caching DNS server for my workstations. It doen't need X most of the time.

What I REALLY want a text based bootup with the option of starting X. They seem to have hidden the option well if its there.

Not sure about Fedora, but you can try rc-update show to see what things are being botted, then rc-update del <name> for the stuff you dont want starting like xdm if you dont want a graphical login.

Edit your /etc/inittab file to change the default runlevel to 3 rather than 5. Change the line... "id:5:initdefault:".

Once you are logged in rl 3, you can start X with "startx". It will start your default desktop, which you can switch with "switchdesk whichever-you-want".