when you boot normally type "init 1" <br><br>More info about run levels.<br><p>The following table summarizes the User Linux run levels:</p>
<p>* 0 System Halt<br>
* 1 Single user<br>
* 2 Full multi-user mode (Default)<br>
* 3-5 Same as 2<br>
* 6 System Reboot</p>-Mike<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 10:03 AM, Raymond Norton <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:admin@lctn.org">admin@lctn.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I am trying to get to single user mode on an Ubuntu server, adding<br>
"single" to the end of the kernel line brings me to a "control d"<br>
prompt. How can I get it to boot to a shell instead, so I can set the<br>
root password?<br>
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