Linux: boot with terminal

I've just finished installing "stuff" on a VM with Oracle Enterprise Linux and I need to configure the machine without the resource consuming X11 automatically loaded at startup.

The Linux boot process has six states of operation of which "0" is the shutdown state and "3" and above are fully operational with all essential processes running for user interaction. The init process is the last step of the boot procedure and it is identified by process with id=1; Init is responsible for starting system processes as defined in the "/etc/inittab" file.

Editing the inittab file, I changed the default line:

id:5:initdefault:

with the following:

id:3:initdefault:

Here there are the available states:

0 halt system (loaded the /etc/rc.d/rc0.d/ library)
1 single user (/etc/rc.d/rc1.d/)
2 multiuser with no network (...2.d)
3 terminal
4 reserved for local use
5 X11 GUI mode
6 reboot


After startup type "starx" or "init 5" to enter X11.