[Discuss] OT - HDD light blinks in a pattern with audio before bootup

[epp at sillydog.org (Edward)]

On 11/11/21 09:23, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> Not sure. If you hit esc in the splash screen you will see text. And 
> you will see where it stopped. There are 4 processes
> 1. Post. This is the bios.
> 2. Kernel and drivers. This usually takes a few seconds
> 3. System Daemons. This should be quick.
> 4. Everything else not kernel related including the desktop.
>
> Step 4 is probably where you are blocking.
>
> If you don't post. The issue is on the MB. Could be a plugin card or 
> memory.
> If the kernel fails you will get a crash notice


I didn't think to hit ESC, as I recalled one of the F keys brought up a 
terminal, which didn't occur when I tried them, but it booted up fine 
(with the described HDD light pattern) this morning.

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