On Fri, 11 Jan 2008, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Fri, 2008-01-11 at 12:04 -0600, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > > Robert P. J. Day wrote: > > > > > > ok, i'm confused ... wouldn't the only available runlevel options on > > > the kernel line in /etc/grub.conf be precisely those for the "init" > > > command, and the ones that you could add manually while at the grub > > > menu early in the boot process? > > > > > > according to "man init", that would include "1", "s" or "S", but i > > > don't see the word "single" anywhere there. and i just tested that by > > > duplicating the default stanza in grub.conf, renaming the title, and > > > just adding "1" to the end of the kernel line. selecting that option > > > from the boot-time grub menu takes me to single-user mode, just as i > > > expected. > > > > > > unless i'm misreading the actual problem here. > > > > > > rday > > Why again are you trying to put 1 or single into the grub.conf > permenantly rather then doing this by editing the line when the grub > menu comes up. well, first, i thought that was what the OP was asking for. also, it's actually quicker to just arrow up or down to a single-user form of the grub entry and hit ENTER, as compared to going into grub edit mode and editing the kernel line. but here's something i just noticed that strikes me as weird -- if you have a grub password, you'll need to enter it to edit the boot line, but you *don't* need it to simply make a non-default selection. i *think* i've just verified that, but if someone else wants to confirm it, feel free. that seems like a security hole. rday -- ======================================================================== Robert P. J. Day Linux Consulting, Training and Annoying Kernel Pedantry Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA Home page: http://crashcourse.ca Fedora Cookbook: http://crashcourse.ca/wiki/index.php/Fedora_Cookbook ========================================================================
