Subject: Re: Picking runlevel at bootup?
From: johan h. buelens (johan@illuminati.be)
Date: Wed Sep 26 2001 - 18:33:18 MDT
Eric Williams wrote:
>
> Another question I couldn't find answered in the archives.
>
> Is there a way to select the runlevel of the system while booting up. In
> otherwards I would like to stop the boot process from reaching level 3
> during boot, stopping at level 2 ( no networking I believe).
>
> Thanks for the help on may last question too!
well, you could edit the file /etc/inittab (as root); the first non-comment line
should be something like:
id:5:initdefault:
where `5' indicates the run level to set at boot time. now you can either:
- replace that run level with another one (e.g. 2) or
- replace it by `s': this is a special, single-user run level sometimes
used for maintenance. anyhow, the computer will then stop early during
the boot process, presenting you a root prompt. from there, you can select
another run level by typing the command `init n', where n is the desired run
level. the boot will then proceed as usual.
hope this helps,
johan
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