How do I boot into text mode, without X?

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Autor: Mark Berkwitt
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Betreff: How do I boot into text mode, without X?
I'm searching through the index of my copy of "Running LINUX" 3rd Ed. and
can't find how to boot: into level 3 (I think that's right) thus avoiding X.