[WBEL-users] New install after up2date no keyboard

[Robert Moskowitz]

At 10:01 AM 12/31/2004, Johnny Hughes wrote:

> >
> > kernel /vmliknuz-2.4.21-27.0.1.EL ro root=LABEL=/
>
>at this point ... just use a SPACE and the number 3 after the label ...
>it would look like this:
>
>kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.21-27.0.1.EL ro root=LABEL=/ 3
>
>That will put you in character based mode.

All, right!  Got that.

>If you always want to boot into character-based mode, edit the
>file /etc/inittab and fine the line:
>
>id:5:initdefault:
>
>change it to:
>
>id:3:initdefault:

Since it looks like there may be a number of boots to I get this, I made 
the change.

Of course I had to use VI.  Had to pull my "VI Editor" by Linda Lamb, 
revised 6/88!!

Been a while since I have done un*xy things (Solaris 3.0..... in '93).