[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to install Mandrake Linux 7.0 on a Dell Inspiron (portable
> computer) and I have been warned to edit the lilo.conf file before the first
> boot (the LCD Display needs some special care and settings). Unfortunately,
I
> am given no chance to refuse starting X at install using the "Recommended"
> Install. And indeed when I boot, X starts and the display gets weird. Would
> you be me, you would probably do what I do, that is immediately switch off
> the computer to avoid damages (of the LCD).
> Is there any way to avoid starting X at boot time ? Might this "bug" in the
> install procedure (the fact that I cannot choose not to start X at boot
time)
> be limited to this computer model ? Is there a way to avoid starting X at
> boot time ?
> Thanks in advance for your help.
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At the lilo prompt type linux 3
That will boot you in w/o X
HTH,
Mike
"Always remember that I have taken more out of alcohol
than alcohol has taken out of me."
--Winston Churchill
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