Re: Strange new boot problem with CentOS 4 machine

[Bowie Bailey <Bowie_Bailey@xxxxxxx>]

m.roth@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> I have a custom-built PC on which I've been running CentOS 4.x (kept
>> up to the latest x) for a few years without any problems ... until
>> this week.
>>
>> Last week I was out of town on an extended trip, so I shut the machine
>> down and powered off my UPS, etc.  When I returned on Saturday, I
>> turned everything back on, and the machine seemed to be booting
>> normally ... and then it just very abruptly turned itself off, and
>> refused to power back on.  A short while later I was able to restart
>>     
> <snip>
> Does it croak before or after it hits the interactive option? If after,
> hit that I, and step through.
>   

On the other hand, the symptom of refusing to power back on seems to
indicate a hardware problem.  I had a similar issue that turned out to
be a bad power supply.

-- 
Bowie
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