How to boot to runlevel 3/init 3 once.

[Serg B.]

Open (backup first) /etc/mtab file, it's there exactly for this
reason. In there you will find an option to set a default bootable
runlevel.

   Serg

On 07/08/06, Micah J. Cowan <micah at cowan.name> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 07, 2006 at 07:00:21PM +0800, Stephen Liu wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > What shall I add to grub at booting to boot, temporarily/one time, init
> > 3/runlevel 3, just "init 3" or "3".  I tried both of them but they
> > seemed not working still booting to the login page.  TIA
>
> I hope to have addressed your needs in my other message, but...
>
> I searched the kernel-parameters docs, and couldn't find anything for
> specifying a particular runlevel (other than single). If there were a
> desperate need, you could use the Live Boot CD to edit /etc/inittab and
> change the default runlevel, but as I've already said, I can see no good
> reason for needing to do this.
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> Micah J. Cowan
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