Booting to a console login
From MEPIS Documentation Wiki
In some cases, you may find it helpful to boot to a console-only logon, such as when X is having troubles displaying right, or you're on a slow machine and don't need the GUI to do what you want to do.
You can tell GRUB to boot you into any runlevel you want by simply appending the number onto the GRUB command line before hitting enter. The following runlevels are default for the Mepis CD:
| Rulevel | Description |
|---|---|
| 0 | Halt (power down) |
| 1 | Single-user mode: provides a root console without logon. Useful if you lose your root password |
| 2 | Multiuser with no network |
| 3 | Console logon, no X (i.e. no GUI) |
| 4 | Not used/Custom |
| 5 | Default GUI logon |
| 6 | Reboot |
Runlevels can be customized to start or stop different services, either using a graphical utility like KsysV, or command line utilities like update-rc.d.
