On Fri, Mar 19, 2004 at 11:26:50AM -0500, Mark Haney wrote: > On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 12:19:53 -0400, Ben Steeves <bcs@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > >Assuming you're using GRUB, you just: > > > >1) From the main screen, highlight the kernel you want to boot and press > >'e'. > >2) Highlight the line starting with 'kernel' (the second line in most > >default stanzas), and press 'e' again. > >3) Append a '1', '3', or '5' to the line, depending on what run-mode you > >want, and hit enter. > >4) Press 'b' to boot from the altered stanza. > > > > > That's exactly what I was looking for. Thanks. I have not had to do this > in GRUB before so I really needed to know how. If it is truly just a one-off, then instead of hitting "e" at the grub menu, hit "a" instead and then add 3 to the end of the line. "a" == "append to the kernel line" which is what you want to do here. -- Jack Bowling mailto: jbinpg@xxxxxxx
