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sleipnir214
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Start first on what prompt by default? ______________________________________________________________________
Perfection in engineering does not happen when there is nothing more to add.
Rather it happens when there is nothing more to take away.
Perfection in engineering does not happen when there is nothing more to add.
Rather it happens when there is nothing more to take away.
If you want Linux to boot into a command prompt, rather than the GUI, you need to edit the /etc/inittab file. Look for this line...
id:3:initdefault:
The 3 stands for runlevel 3, which is the command line. 5 is the GUI.
The above statements are true for Red Hat, but I'm not sure about other distros.
ChrisP
id:3:initdefault:
The 3 stands for runlevel 3, which is the command line. 5 is the GUI.
The above statements are true for Red Hat, but I'm not sure about other distros.
ChrisP
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