[CentOS] Boot CentOS 5 to command line
Hi fellows, Pretty new to CentOS. I was trying to find a way to boot CentOS into command prompt instead of GUI (or without loading any services). Tried using 'Crl+Alt+F1' at the boot process, but, that holds the screen at mounting and doing fstab and doesn't proceed further. Is there anyother way to boot CentOS into command prompt without using Rescue option from the installation CD? Thanks. Best. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Boot CentOS 5 to command line
Quoting ABBAS KHAN [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi fellows, Pretty new to CentOS. I was trying to find a way to boot CentOS into command prompt instead of GUI (or without loading any services). Tried using 'Crl+Alt+F1' at the boot process, but, that holds the screen at mounting and doing fstab and doesn't proceed further. Is there anyother way to boot CentOS into command prompt without using Rescue option from the installation CD? Edit the /etc/inittab file and change the line that says: id:5:initdefault: to id:3:initdefault: This will tell your system to boot into text mode. If you want to switch while you are running .. you can type init 3 to go to text mode and init 5 to go to graphical mode. This will need to be done as the root user. Barry ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Boot CentOS 5 to command line
On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 2:46 PM, ABBAS KHAN [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi fellows, Pretty new to CentOS. I was trying to find a way to boot CentOS into command prompt instead of GUI (or without loading any services). Tried using 'Crl+Alt+F1' at the boot process, but, that holds the screen at mounting and doing fstab and doesn't proceed further. Is there anyother way to boot CentOS into command prompt without using Rescue option from the installation CD? You can change to multi-processing command line mode with 'init 3' and single user mode with the command 'init 1'. Modes can be changed dynamically in a running system. See the file /etc/inittab, it lists all the possible modes, the first line of this file defines the default mode: id:5:initdefault: which defaults to running the GUI at boot, change it to: id:3:initdefault: to not run the GUI at boot. Brett ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Boot CentOS 5 to command line
On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 11:46 AM, ABBAS KHAN [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi fellows, Pretty new to CentOS. I was trying to find a way to boot CentOS into command prompt instead of GUI (or without loading any services). Tried using 'Crl+Alt+F1' at the boot process, but, that holds the screen at mounting and doing fstab and doesn't proceed further. Is there anyother way to boot CentOS into command prompt without using Rescue option from the installation CD? When the grub screen showing which OS it will boot in X seconds comes up, type space, edit the boot line and add a 3 (with the space but without the quotes) to the end of the line, and it will come up at level 3 (no GUI). mhr ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
RE: [CentOS] Boot CentOS 5 to command line
Once you boot into GUI you can login as root or login as a user and once in a terminal window su - to root and then change the line in /etc/inittab from id:5:initdefault: to id:3:initdefault: You can also do init 3 after saving the change to see what will happen before rebooting. This will keep the GUI login from being run and boot all enabled console screens and leave you at a character login. The way to boot without any services as needed is to login as root or become root with su - once the system is booted into runlevel 3 or 5 and do init 1 or telinit 1. This will put the system in single user runlevel and shut off all services similar to rescue mode. This would only allow you work from the console until you changed back to runlevel 3 or 5. _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ABBAS KHAN Sent: Monday, August 18, 2008 1:46 PM To: centos@centos.org Subject: [CentOS] Boot CentOS 5 to command line Hi fellows, Pretty new to CentOS. I was trying to find a way to boot CentOS into command prompt instead of GUI (or without loading any services). Tried using 'Crl+Alt+F1' at the boot process, but, that holds the screen at mounting and doing fstab and doesn't proceed further. Is there anyother way to boot CentOS into command prompt without using Rescue option from the installation CD? Thanks. Best. ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Boot CentOS 5 to command line
On Monday 18 August 2008 14:46:22 ABBAS KHAN wrote: Hi fellows, Pretty new to CentOS. I was trying to find a way to boot CentOS into command prompt instead of GUI (or without loading any services). Tried using 'Crl+Alt+F1' at the boot process, but, that holds the screen at mounting and doing fstab and doesn't proceed further. Is there anyother way to boot CentOS into command prompt without using Rescue option from the installation CD? Thanks. Best. Then there is the temporary method for when you forget the passwd. Or simply want to get into single user mode. Which is to add the word single to the kernel boot line (if you are using GRUB boot loader, which is default in CentOS). When GRUB appears press any key to stop the automatic countdown. Select the kernel to boot from and press e for edit. Then cursor down to the line that starts with kernel (usually the 2nd line), and press e to edit that line. Go to the end of the line and add a space and the word single. Press Enter to accept your change, and b to boot. It will now boot with your change. Please note, since we did not actually alter the config file it will not retain this change at any subsequent boots. -- Bobby ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Boot CentOS 5 to command line
Barry Brimer wrote: id:3:initdefault: This will tell your system to boot into text mode. If you want to switch while you are running .. you can type init 3 to go to text mode and init 5 to go to graphical mode. This will need to be done as the root user. The obligatory warning:- Run level 3 may have different services loaded than run level 5. Study the output from chkconfig --list on your server to see what services are started in each run level. E.g.:- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]# chkconfig --list nfslock 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on4:on5:on6:off ypbind 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off acpid 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on4:on5:on6:off diskdump0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off webmin 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:off 5:on6:off cqcs_acs0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off ntpd0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on4:off 5:on6:off xfs 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off snmpd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off sshd0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off nscd0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off syslog 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off sysstat 0:off 1:on2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off cpuspeed0:off 1:on2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off readahead 0:off 1:off 2:off *3:off* 4:off *5:on*6:off smartd 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:on5:on6:off rpcsvcgssd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:on4:on5:on6:off radiusd 0:off 1:off 2:off 3:off 4:off 5:off 6:off mysqld 0:off 1:off 2:on3:on4:off 5:on6:off snip Ian smime.p7s Description: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
Re: [CentOS] Boot CentOS 5 to command line
Thanks you :) On Mon, Aug 18, 2008 at 12:33 PM, Bobby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday 18 August 2008 14:46:22 ABBAS KHAN wrote: Hi fellows, Pretty new to CentOS. I was trying to find a way to boot CentOS into command prompt instead of GUI (or without loading any services). Tried using 'Crl+Alt+F1' at the boot process, but, that holds the screen at mounting and doing fstab and doesn't proceed further. Is there anyother way to boot CentOS into command prompt without using Rescue option from the installation CD? Thanks. Best. Then there is the temporary method for when you forget the passwd. Or simply want to get into single user mode. Which is to add the word single to the kernel boot line (if you are using GRUB boot loader, which is default in CentOS). When GRUB appears press any key to stop the automatic countdown. Select the kernel to boot from and press e for edit. Then cursor down to the line that starts with kernel (usually the 2nd line), and press e to edit that line. Go to the end of the line and add a space and the word single. Press Enter to accept your change, and b to boot. It will now boot with your change. Please note, since we did not actually alter the config file it will not retain this change at any subsequent boots. -- Bobby ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
