I am not 100% certain but if you are booting to a gui, it should give you some sort of option to modify boot options. If this is so, after Grub, LiLo starts type in 'init 3' no quotes. This should do it.
>
> From: Jim B <elemint@gmail.com>
> Date: 2005/02/05 Sat PM 11:51:53 EST
> To: PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: how to disable debian from booting into X
>
> How can you configure debian so it does not load X at boot, I have
> been editing inittab but no go so far.
>
>
> I am trying to install the nvidia driver so what would also work is
> shutting down X I have been ps aux to see what is running to Kill X
> but that does not work either.
>
>
> Jim
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