[NCLUG] Ubuntu 8.04 - CLI mode

Ben West mrgenixus at gmail.com
Fri Aug 8 04:31:00 MDT 2008


I don't think that's really good advice, jim.  sorry to butt in, but by
defult the recovery option also logs in as root, no?

On Thu, Aug 7, 2008 at 1:11 PM, Jim Hutchinson <jim at ubuntu-rocks.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 8:19 PM, William Greger <billjgreger at hotmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> >
> > - When I start Ubuntu, it comes up in GUI mode.
> > - How can I get it to start (at boot-up) in CLI mode?
>
>
> I think the easiest way is to just boot the recovery option. It's boots
> right to a root cli prompt. Of course you would have to select it each time
> you boot or you could just change the default option in the grub menu.
>
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