How to boot into text mode when inittab set to X

[ANOOP]

Hi

On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 8:41 AM, Eric <spamsink at scoot.netis.com> wrote:
>
> Is there a way to boot up in text mode even when system is set to boot up in
> X?
You can do that from GRUB.
 => Press 'e' to edit at grub.
 => Select Kernel and then again 'e' to edit it.
 => give a space and '3' to enter into run level 3.
 => Press 'b' to boot.

Hope this helps.

Thanks,
Anoop

>
> I need a way (if it exists) other than editing inittab or running setup.
>
> Almost always, I want it to go ahead and boot up into KDE.  Occasionally,
> though, I'd like to boot up in text mode.
>
> Is there a way to interrupt the boot sequence to tell it to start up in text
> mode for just this session?
>
> I tried "Press I to enter interactive startup" on bootup, figuring there
> might be an option in there, but it just blows right by that and doesn't
> give me time to hit "I".
>
> Thanks...
>
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