Argggh...
Sorry to scream at all of you, but my I was working on my Dell Inspiron
8200 on battery power, and was just powering off when the battery cut
out completely. Now, when I try to start up my machine with the main
power connected boot up stalls at PCMCIA. It doesn't hang, because I can
ctrl-alt-del and reboot the machine cleanly. But the attempt to get
PCMCIA doesn't seem to time out (unless its timeout is *really* long).
Boot up just stops there. Now (a) my wireless PCMCIA card is my only
internet connection; and (b) I'm lost in Windows (where I'm posting this
message from, using the same machine and the same wireless PCMCIA card,
so there's nothing wrong with the hardware). Everything was fine before
the abrupt power-off. I'm guessing there is something like a lock-file I
need to delete, but i dont't know what it is or where it is, and I'm
unsure of what steps to take booting my machine with the rescue disk
(yes, I do have one).
If someone would like to hold my hand through this I'd be so grateful.
Best, Darren
