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At our SCO UNIX Systems @ work I can interrupt the boot procedure with pressing the ENTER Key shortly after UNIX begins to boot, so I can login in runlevel 1.
Is there a similar method with slackware, or general with linux at all?
Location: Montpellier, France, Europe, World, Solar System
Distribution: Debian Sarge, Fedora core 5 (i386 and x86_64)
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To boot in runlevel 1, you should do so when your bootloader is starting (before the kernel is loaded). The procedure depends on your bootloader: grub or lilo. Here is a page explaining how to do for both of them:
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Possible to interrupt the boot procedure?
