boot parameter for single user (root) textmode login?

[docinthebox]

Is there a boot parameter to boot into Puppy as single user (root) using textmode?

Thanks.

[jamesbond]

For versions 2.16 and above, pfix=nox
Do it at the boot loader command line:

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boot: puppy pfix=nox

For versions before, you have the option of pfix=rdsh, but it is not equivalent (in fact, you still need to do some fancy footwork to get some work done, so beware).

[docinthebox]

Thanks! Unfortunately, 2.16 fails to boot from my USB flash drive. So I'm using 2.15 CE. I just tried pfix=rdsh. It does get me to a textmode login. But when I then tried to continue booting into the graphical interface with "init 5", I got an error "Puppy not found on media usbflash". What I'm trying to do is to log into text mode first to authenticate a Truecrypt volume and mount it onto the home dir, then continue booting into the graphical login screen. Do you know what's the right way to do this other than "init 5"?