runlevel 3 while startup?

polemon · 02-13-2006, 01:51 PM

Hi!

I need to get to runlevel 3 while the system is booting, since system crashes when I try to start X.

I had to install Fedora Core 4 in text mode, but after installation, it tryes to go straigt to Runlevel 5.

Now, I basically need to "stop booting" at runlevel 3, before it gets any further to install the nVidia drivers, I hope to solve the problem that way...

So: How do I get to Runlevel 3 while my system is booting?

--polemon

accessrichard · 02-13-2006, 03:43 PM

edit the file
/etc/inittab

change the number in this line.

id:5:initdefault:

reboot.

To change from init 5 to init 3 while the system is loaded, from a ctrl-alt-F[1-6] terminals type init 3.

Your post is a bit confusing because if you are installing the nvidia driver you want to be in init 3.

amosf · 02-13-2006, 03:52 PM

hit escape and use something like

linux 3

at the lilo prompt... Not sure about grub...

accessrichard · 02-13-2006, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Not sure about grub...

At the graphical grub screen press e,

then press down to the kernel line, press e again and then type the runlevel, e.g. 3, at the end of the line.

polemon · 02-13-2006, 06:11 PM

Cool, thank you!

I'm gonna try that right now!

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What I ment was:

After installation, the system boots straigt to runlevel 5.
This doesn't work for me, the system hangs there.

so I need to boot to runlevel 3 WITHOUT editing inittab first.

--polemon