the equivilent of DOS mode in linux redhat 9

[grafton26]

hey does any one know how you get into the equivilent of dos mode in linux redhat 9, i have just recently loaded my copy of redhat 9 and i am trying to get the nvidia drivers loaded, if i use the boot cd i can get into its version of dos but i cant get in there while booting off the hdd. the driver software doesn't run from the command line interface properly and the instructions tell you to shut the X sever down. try as i might i can't find the info on how to do that . when i have booted off the cd i can get into the command prompt and get the program to run but then it cant access the kernel to add the drivers. can any body help - thanx<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-confused.gif" border="0">

[Iceman]

all you need to know is that it is called the "terminal" instead of command prompt or anything like that. There are links to it throughout X which will let you access it. On the other hand you can press Ctrl + Alt + (F1 - F6) to open another terminal without the graphical x.

[grafton26]

I am aware how to get into a terminal but, the driver software doesn't run from the command line interface properly and the instructions tell you to shut the X sever down. I really need to shut the X server down to do this, i could do what i needed to when i was using an earlier version but this one doesn't seem to let me have that option.<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-frown.gif" border="0">

[Iceman]

the command to start x is 'start x' so maybe you should try 'stop x' <img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-tongue.gif" border="0">

[grafton26]

ok that is worth a try, thanks i will let you know if it worked<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif" border="0">

[grafton26]

Success<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif" border="0"> the advice that viper gave was a good bet but didn't work, but i did work it out. with redhat 9, to install the nvidia drivers you need to set the computer to run at runlevel 3. to do this you need to edit the inittab file located in the /etc/folder, then save and reboot and it will start at runlevel 3 and you can then run the program and once you are finished to get it back to your original settings (runlevel 5) you type TELINT 5 it will then boot back into the xserver and you can change the inittab file back to what it was originally.<BR><BR>ps make shure you back the inittab file up , this will make things a lot quicker than re-editing it.<img src="i/expressions/face-icon-small-cool.gif" border="0">