Looking for a Linux CD with no GUI. 1

[manch72]

Hi.
I am new to Linux. I am looking for Linux with no
no GUI interface.Just using command line.
Thank you.

 

[franklin97355]

Damn Small Linux or tom's rtbt

The answer is "42"

 

[Kozusnik]

Any Linux'll do. During most installs it will ask if you want to run GUI. Just say no. Or load the GUI and edit the file /etc/inittab, There's a line early in the file which looks like this...

id:5:initdefault:

Change the 5 to a 3, save the file, then reboot. I use this for all my servers. Why waste RAM on GUI if you don't need it.

Another feature if you configure X, then edit the inittab is any other X-windows client can connect through ssh or telnet and run the GUIs remotely. Even when GUI is not running on the server.

BTW and explanation for the run levels is usually in the inittab before the id:... line, but in case your distro doesn't, here it is...

# 0 - halt (Do NOT set initdefault to this)
# 1 - Single user mode
# 2 - Multiuser, without NFS (The same as 3, if you do not have networking)
# 3 - Full multiuser mode
# 4 - unused
# 5 - X11
# 6 - reboot (Do NOT set initdefault to this)

Mark

 

[pansophic]

You can also specify the runlevel at the boot loader. If it is LILO, then:
linux 3
will boot you into runlevel 3.

I don't recall how to do it with Grub, but you can edit the grub commands at boot time and change the command as well.


pansophic

 

[gecko27]

Ubuntu server is another non-GUI install.