[lug] setting init 3 on KRUD install

[D. Stimits]

D. Frye wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 22, 2004 at 10:10:42AM +0000, D. Stimits wrote:
> } This seems silly, I should be able to find this in the help docs, but 
> } cannot. I'm trying to install KRUD/Fedora Core 2on a machine with a 
> } GeForce2 video card that works great except when it gets to starting the 
> } X server, then it always exits abnormally. I want to install X, I want 
> } to probe hardware, but I do not want it to ever try to start X. I can't 
> } seem to find an option to tell it to not initialize or test X. Is there 
> } a way in the initial command line to tell it to set the initial runlevel 
> } to 3, as well as NEVER attempting to start the X server...and still 
> } allow me to install X? In both text and graphical modes it is not giving 
> } me this option.
> } 
> 
> Sorry if I'm barking up the wrong tree, but you probably want to edit
> the /etc/inittab file to read like this:
> 
> 	id:3:initdefault:
> 
> The best guess is that you could just load the system, and then make the
> change.  If I misunderstood your question, I appologize in advance.
> 

Unfortunately it isn't that simple. Installation fails the moment it 
tries to start X11 during install. I have to keep it from even 
attempting to set up X11, but I want everything in place. So essentially 
it must remain in runlevel 3 during install and not do any X11 at all, 
or it dies. It would be nice if the install could also set the intial 
login runlevel to 3 even with X11 installed, since all graphical mode 
will do after install is cause catastrophic failure. I could use rescue 
mode after the install and before first run to mount the filesystem and 
edit inittab, but this will have no effect on a successful install, 
it'll never get that far unless I completely remove all X11 packages 
(and I don't want to go down that very very very long road of installing 
all X11 stuff later, one package at a time).

D. Stimits, stimits AT comcast DOT net