[Linux-users] Grub options menu on CentOS

Collins Richey crichey
Wed Aug 22 13:09:17 PDT 2007


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

SuSE must have tinkered massively (not too surprising, it's SuSE after
all) with Grub. I've never seen such a feature. The standard method is
that describe by others: type 'e', navigate to the kernel line, type
'e', add your kernel/init options, and type 'b'.


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Collins Richey
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