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| From: | Dale <rdalek1967@×××××.com> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-user@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | Re: [gentoo-user] boot to console only? | ||
| Date: | Tue, 11 Jan 2011 23:16:45 | ||
| Message-Id: | 4D2CE23D.1070303@gmail.com | ||
| In Reply to: | [gentoo-user] boot to console only? by Mark Knecht |
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| 1 | Mark Knecht wrote: |
| 2 | > Hi, |
| 3 | > What (if any) is a way to boot a Gentoo VM as far as the console, |
| 4 | > not starting X, to allow a root login? Possibly some sort of |
| 5 | > interactive boot where I can tell it to continue or not? |
| 6 | > |
| 7 | > The current kernel on this VM is 2.6.36-gentoo-r5 if it matters. |
| 8 | > |
| 9 | > Thanks, |
| 10 | > Mark |
| 11 | > |
| 12 | > |
| 13 | > |
| 14 | |
| 15 | Put softlevel=single on the end of the boot line. I think |
| 16 | init=/bin/bash will work but I don't think it requires a password either. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | Dale |
| 19 | |
| 20 | :-) :-) |