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Trying to reboot into a shell.
I used to be able to edit /etc/inittab to log into a shell.
I edited inittab settings to enter run level 3, inserted # appending line, x:5:respawn:/usr/sbin/gdm -nodaemon
Edited menu.lst to add the option to log into r3
Still boots into gdm and gnome!
#
# /etc/inittab
#
# Runlevels:
# 0 Halt
# 1(S) Single-user
# 2 Not used
# 3 Multi-user
# 4 Not used
# 5 X11
# 6 Reboot
## Only one of the following two lines can be uncommented!
# Boot to console
id:3:initdefault:
# Boot to X11
# id:5:initdefault:
rc::sysinit:/etc/rc.sysinit
rs:S1:wait:/etc/rc.single
rm:2345:wait:/etc/rc.multi
rh:06:wait:/etc/rc.shutdown
su:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin -p
# -8 options fixes umlauts problem on login
c1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty1 linux
c2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty2 linux
c3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty3 linux
c4:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty4 linux
c5:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty5 linux
c6:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 tty6 linux
# Serial Virtual Console for KVM and others VMs
#s0:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 9600 ttyS0 linux
# Hypervisor Virtual Console for Xen and KVM
#h0:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 hvc0 linux
ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now
# Example lines for starting a login manager
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/xdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/sbin/gdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/kdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/slim >/dev/null 2>&1
# End of file
# Config file for GRUB - The GNU GRand Unified Bootloader
# /boot/grub/menu.lst
# DEVICE NAME CONVERSIONS
#
# Linux Grub
# -------------------------
# /dev/fd0 (fd0)
# /dev/sda (hd0)
# /dev/sdb2 (hd1,1)
# /dev/sda3 (hd0,2)
#
# FRAMEBUFFER RESOLUTION SETTINGS
# +-------------------------------------------------+
# | 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024
# ----+--------------------------------------------
# 256 | 0x301=769 0x303=771 0x305=773 0x307=775
# 32K | 0x310=784 0x313=787 0x316=790 0x319=793
# 64K | 0x311=785 0x314=788 0x317=791 0x31A=794
# 16M | 0x312=786 0x315=789 0x318=792 0x31B=795
# +-------------------------------------------------+
# for more details and different resolutions see
# http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB#Framebuffer_Resolution
# general configuration:
timeout 10
default 1
color light-blue/black light-cyan/blue
# boot sections follow
# each is implicitly numbered from 0 in the order of appearance below
#
# TIP: If you want a 1024x768 framebuffer, add "vga=773" to your kernel line.
#
#-*
# (0) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux New
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda6 ro
initrd /boot/kernel26.img
# (1) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux Old
root (hd0,9)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda11 ro
initrd /kernel26.img
# (0) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux New Boot Into Shell
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda6 r3
initrd /boot/kernel26.img
# (1) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux Old Boot Into Shell
root (hd0,9)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda11 r3
initrd /kernel26.img
# (2) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux Fallback New
root (hd0,5)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda6 ro
initrd /boot/kernel26-fallback.img
# (3) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux Fallback Old
root (hd0,9)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda11 ro
initrd /kernel26-fallback.img
Last edited by jeff story (2011-05-01 04:22:59)
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Do you have gdm in your DAEMONS line in rc.conf? That may be a factor.
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kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda11
Holy fdisk Batman !! How many partitions have you?
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@ skottish
"gdm in your DAEMONS line in rc.con?" Yes! Thanks, I didn't think of that. Problem solved.
It was only in my newer install though. I honestly don't recall if I put it there, or it's by default install since my older install?
Using grub is gonna be my more convenient way to log into a shell from now on!
@ ewaller
My HDD partitions have been modified a few times, and # 2-4 are currently not present...
I have 2 working Arch installs in this HDD. One extended, one swap plus first Arch install has 3 partitions, second install has 4 plus a partition for older package storage.
I've had more cluttered multi distro + multi windows HDD's in the past though. Grub (and me) started getting kinda confused when it had around 15+ partitions....
[jeff@Arch2009p2 ~]$ sudo fdisk -l
Password:
Disk /dev/sda: 750.2 GB, 750156374016 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 91201 cylinders, total 1465149168 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x000383e7
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 63 1465144064 732572001 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 126 4096574 2048224+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda6 4096638 47102579 21502971 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 47102643 78847019 15872188+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 78847083 108535139 14844028+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda9 108535203 358586864 125025831 83 Linux
/dev/sda10 358586928 358651124 32098+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda11 358651188 379567754 10458283+ 83 Linux
/dev/sda12 379567818 994005809 307218996 83 Linux
/dev/sda13 994005873 1465144064 235569096 83 Linux
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