* Lars Jensen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) spake thusly:
> My system hangs at bootup after a crash (my son pressed the reset
> button). When I boot up the file check fails, and a message appears to
> run fsck without the -a and -p arguments. As root, I issued the command
>
> fsck /dev/hdb8
>
> and the system appears to reboot correctly, except that when the bootup
> process gets to "starting syslogd" the system ahngs again.
>
> What is the proper precedure for recovering the system after a crash?
Depends on the crash. Boot in single-user or emergency mode and
try to figure out why syslog is not starting.
Dima
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