System hanging at boot

[hewitt_tech at attbi.com (Hewitt Tech)]

I don't remember if anyone suggested this but I've seen some pretty odd
behavior when a system simply runs out of disk space. If for example root is
full, you usually can't log in or start many programs. Of course if you can
get the system to come up single user with the disks in read only mode you
should be able to see if you have any space left or perhaps you've had a log
overflow...

-Alex

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <ken at flyingtoasters.net>
To: "Charlie Farinella" <cfarinella at appropriatesolutions.com>
Cc: <discuss at gnhlug.org>
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 4:05 PM
Subject: Re: System hanging at boot


> On Fri, 2003-05-30 at 15:31, bscott at ntisys.com wrote:
>> On 30 May 2003, at 3:18pm, cfarinella at appropriatesolutions.com wrote:
>> > I tried to restart the machine and it hangs at:
>> >
>> > Freeing unused kernel memory: 240k
>>
>>   What have you changed since you last successfully booted the machine?
>
> Nothing.

If you really did nothing, I'd forget about software: it almost (*almost*)
certainly means that some hardware went FUBAR.  I'd run the memory test,
but, if this machine is truly important, I'd consider getting a new
motherboard, NIC, etc., and testing the kaput system as time permits.

$.02,

-Ken

>>   You might try running a memory diagnostic.  MemTest86 is very nice,
>> and
>> free.  <http://www.memtest86.com>
>
> In progress, it takes awhile.
>
>
>> > Searching the web leads to references to rebuilding the kernel ...
>>
>>   Rebuilding the kernel... for what reason?
>
> I haven't a clue, I just saw some references to it.
>
>>   What makes you think installing RHL 9 would solve the problem, anyway?
>
> Nothing really, I'm trying to line up my options.  :-)
>
> thanks for the response.
>
> --charlie
>
>
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