On Tue, 17 Aug 2004, Mario Lang wrote: > It looks as if you have a corrupted filesystem which can not be repaired > automatically anymore. Entering the root password, executing fsck /dev/hdXn > (i.e., the device which fails), and answering "y" to the questions you're > asked should make it behave again. You might loose some files which > are unrecoverable, but often this is not very tragic. > If fsck did its job, you can hit Ctrl-d again (or enter "reboot") and it > *should* come up in multi-user mode again. without further details I agree with this assesment, this wuld be the only reason it does ebhave like this AFAIK > "hank" <hank@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > hello my linux computer debian sarge had an in propper shut down and > > now when ever I boot up the machine it loads gives me the message > > type in root password to go in to maintenance mode or control d to go > > to normal setup. > > I tried control d and it rebooted the system and braught up the same > > message as before. > > how do I get my system back up and running? > > thanks > > hank > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: PGP 8.1 > > > > iQA/AwUBQSFxpdPHBmkC+PAZEQKjnwCdE8FVWCYu1b/adpElFi7i62VxcF4AoKL8 > > G1120UCZJL6HWumKf7nbSSlf > > =dsMN > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > ---------------------------------------- > > My Inbox is protected by SPAMfighter > > 437 spam mails have been blocked so far. > > Download free www.spamfighter.com today!_______________________________________________ > > > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list