*ALMOST* longing for Windows stability

[Ian Malone]

On 06/12/06, Michael Satterwhite <michael at weblore.com> wrote:
> Lonni J Friedman wrote:

> > It sounds like X is hanging/crashing.  Can you boot to runlevel 3
> > successfully/reliably?  if so, then you should do so, start X
> > manually, and grab the X log to review.
>
> I really hate to show ignorance, but it's never stopped me before. From
> the grub screen, how do I get it to boot to runlevel 3? I'm more than
> willing to get information to help people help me.
>

Press e to edit the selected boot commands and add '3' to the
end of the line that boots the kernel. Not entirely sure where
this is documented, but a useful piece of knowledge (especially
if you've forgotten the root password for a machine).

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imalone