Hi Arthur, Tks for your advice. > as far as I remember i's just a matter of adding '3' as a parameter > to the > kernel in grub on boot IIRC on FC3 when the bootloader 'grub" popup at start; - press "e" - highlight the line which needed to change and press "e" again - at the end of the line type "init 3" and press [Enter] - then on next page press "b" It did not work on FC5_64. I tried "init3" without a space. It also failed. B.R. SL > > -- > As a boy I jumped through Windows, as a man I play with Penguins. > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list