[ale] Box freezing during boot sequence

[Ryan Fish]

I was able to get through this issue and some others using Linux Conf (now I
remember why I installed that app).  The box will boot fine but fails to
start X afterwards.  All I get is a blank, black screen.  Any thoughts?

This is just a box for me to learn on so I am not against nuking and
paving...

Thanks again.
-Ryan

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Toxen [mailto:transam at verysecurelinux.com] 
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Monday, July 18, 2005 5:53 PM
To: FishR at bellsouth.net; Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] Box freezing during boot sequence

On Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 01:10:35PM -0400, Ryan Fish wrote:
> After a recent power loss my RH7.3 box will no longer get past mounting
SMB
> filesystems in the boot sequence.  I figure this could be bypassed by
> commenting out the fstab entries but I need a way to get to them in order
to
> do that.  Would a disk-based OS such as Knoppix allow me to do this?  If
so,
> what do I need to download and where can I find it?
After you boot "super" single user via Robert Harris's method:

I recommend going through your boot sequence and arrange to start up
"cranky" daemons in background.  This will prevent them from hanging your
bootup sequence.  I always edit to run sendmail in background when it is
being used, for example, since it will hang a looooooong time if there are
network problems.

> Thank you.

> -Ryan
You're welcome.

Bob Toxen
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