<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.0.9"> </HEAD> <BODY> On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 13:54, Gautam Das wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE>If you change the default runlevel from 5 to 3 in /etc/inittab, then it displays all boot up messages in text mode.</PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> Taking "rhgb" off of the end of your kernel line in menu.lst probably disables that, too. I have my own compiled kernel and didn't add that and I don't have that graphical boot any more. It's pretty neat, but I like the old fashion boot view better, too. -- </BODY> </HTML>