[Linux-users] Grub options menu on CentOS

[Lonni J Friedman]

On 8/21/07, Bill Campbell <linux-sxs at celestial.com> wrote:
> 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?

Hit 'e' for edit, then arrow to the kernel line, and hit 'e' again to
edit.  That's how it works on Suse too.

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