Boot in to Linux console
With most Linux systems, you boot in to a Graphical desktop. There are situations where you want to perhaps use a pure console.
While you can switch to a console with CTRL-ALT-Fn keys. If you want to set your system so that it boots directly in to a console you can do so via the instructions at the site below.
I have a spare netbook set up to boot in to the console.
Please see this link for instructions
A similar post was on my original blog. I am reposting here to keep the information available.
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