I installed Ubuntu 12.10 server to a laptop, and the grub file is along the lines of:
setparams 'Ubuntu'
recordfail
gfxmod $linux -gfxmod
set root ='hd0,msdos/'
if[[x%feature_platform_search_hint=xy];then
search --nofloppy ...
...
else
search -- noflopppy ...
fi
linux /vmliuz -3.5.0-17 ??? root = /dev/map/dur2\-root ro
initrd /initrd...
(pardon, that was written by pencil and not complete, obviously).
How can I put something like GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="text"
in there to boot to text mode?
Or, is there another way to boot to text mode with a live, editable file system using GRUB?
linux /vmliuz -3.5.0-17 ??? root = /dev/map/dur2\-root ro text
will do the trick. (geoft on #grub freenode irc)