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sillyone · 08-07-2012, 04:44 PM

A very silly question here: is it possible to make K3 boot in text mode, ie without the firmware, but running getty on tty?
I realize kindle usually boots into runlevel 5, but after taking a look at /etc/rc[1-4].d, it seems to me that runlevels from 1 to 4 are all diagnostics-reserved (?).

An even sillier but related question is: if I change the default runlevel on inittab to a custom one and things doesn't work, would there be an easy way to restore inittab (since usb network would not be avaiable) or would my kindle be bricked?

(OK, maybe the first script on this custom runlevel could just restores the original iniitab)

08-07-2012, 04:44 PM	#1
sillyone Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2012 Device: Kindle 3 keyboard	Is it possible to boot in text mode? A very silly question here: is it possible to make K3 boot in text mode, ie without the firmware, but running getty on tty? I realize kindle usually boots into runlevel 5, but after taking a look at /etc/rc[1-4].d, it seems to me that runlevels from 1 to 4 are all diagnostics-reserved (?). An even sillier but related question is: if I change the default runlevel on inittab to a custom one and things doesn't work, would there be an easy way to restore inittab (since usb network would not be avaiable) or would my kindle be bricked? (OK, maybe the first script on this custom runlevel could just restores the original iniitab)