How to make so as so in lilo menu choose bettwen runlevels (text/X mode)?

THX in advance

ZEBRA ScHiZzEr wrote:
> How to make so as so in lilo menu choose bettwen runlevels (text/X mode)?

You don't set which runlevel to boot from lilo.
It is set in /etc/inittab by changing the 3 to a 4 in the line below.

# Default runlevel. (Do not set to 0 or 6)
id:4:initdefault:

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David wrote:
> ZEBRA ScHiZzEr wrote:
>> How to make so as so in lilo menu choose bettwen runlevels (text/X mode)?
>
> You don't set which runlevel to boot from lilo.

but you can pass the runlevel on the lilo prompt. '<label> <runlevel>' is
the syntax, IIRC. so if you want to boot 'linux' in runlevel 1, you can
type 'linux 1' at the lilo prompt.

that's just for booting to a different runlevel than your default one, of
course.

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ZEBRA ScHiZzEr wrote:

> How to make so as so in lilo menu choose bettwen runlevels (text/X mode)?
>
> THX in advance

Create two entries in your lilo.conf

Set one entry to
append = "4"
and call this entry "LinuxGUI"

Set the other entry to
append = "3"
and call the entry "LinuxText"

rebuild LILO (/sbin/lilo -v)
reboot.

You now have a linux called "LinuxGUI" that, when selected at the LILO boot
menu, will take you to X, and another linux (called "LinuxText") that will
take you to the networked/non-X runlevel.

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On 2 Dec 2003 19:51:21 GMT,
Joost Kremers <joostkremers@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> but you can pass the runlevel on the lilo prompt. '<label> <runlevel>' is
> the syntax, IIRC.

I've added Joost's and Lew's answers to the following FAQ entry. Please
let me know of any errors/problems with it. Thanks.

<http://wombat.san-francisco.ca.us/faqomatic/cache/39.html>


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Mark Hill <mark_usenet@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> On 2 Dec 2003 19:51:21 GMT,
> Joost Kremers <joostkremers@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > but you can pass the runlevel on the lilo prompt. '<label> <runlevel>' is
> > the syntax, IIRC.

> I've added Joost's and Lew's answers to the following FAQ entry. Please
> let me know of any errors/problems with it. Thanks.

What about a section on the responsible use of pgp?

cordially, as always,

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