On Sep 3, 4:00 pm, "Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 03, 2007 at 11:29:08AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Both Debian and Ubuntu show this peculiar trait. When I boot and > > select the first choice from the grub menu the OS goes into a loop. I > > sign on and then it does another hard boot ultimaely preenting me the > > rub menu again. . But the single user boot seems to work. However it > > is as advertised, just single user. > > There will be somthing starting up in /etc/rc2.d that causes the reboot. > Shouldn't happen. > > I'm assuming that before it reboots you see something like "entering > run level 2"? If not, I suppose it could be something as simple as > /etc/inittab having an initdefault of 0 or 6. > > Doug. > > -- > T
Ah a wierd solution. I found that the usb plug for my scanner was half in and half out. (I just replaced some hardware.) When I seated it properly the boot process righted itself. Onward and upward! John Culleton -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
