[Linux-users] Grub options menu on CentOS

[Bill Campbell]

I'm gradually learning my way around CentOS systems, but haven't figured
out how to select different init states from grub.

On the SuSE systems I've been using, one can type ``init 3'' at the grub
prompt, but CentOS doeesn't provide that prompt.  When I've gone into the
grub edit mode, and attempted to set it there, I haven't found the correct
incantation to select different init states (I assume init=/bin/sh would
work, but that's generally useful only in serious emergencies).

I've compared the /boot/grub/menu.lst files on SuSE and CentOS, but don't
see anything that looks like it would control this, and the ``info'' pages
are, as usual, don't seem to go into any useful detail.

How does one configure grub to provide the options prompt where one can
specify boot options?

Bill
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