hi,

On Fri, Aug 25, 2006 at 07:34:46PM +0530, Deepak Mishra wrote:
> i think dyne should have a boot option to boot into a text console,
> just in case of emergencies like yours like one that knoppix has -
> "linux 2" on the boot prompt boots you into text

dyne:bolic already has this option, typing at boot:
linux 2
should work as usual.

then there are additional options:

ascii=true
to have a fully functional system without X, including mouse and
framebuffer browser (good for very old computers to be surfstations)

volatile=true
to have a shell during the boot process, mostly for debugging purposes,
before mounting the whole system (running on busybox ash)

ciao

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