I've noticed that directory, and have been tempted to move it or remove it. What is the significance of that directory, and why should it cause this issue? On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 dsavage@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > On Wednesday July 16, 2003 Bob Mclaughlin wrote: > > My system is suddenly hanging at the login screen. I've > > been running > > RHL9 with the latest RH changes and booting to level 5. > > There is no > > response to the mouse or keyboard and only a hard boot > > restarts it to > > the same screen. Interactive startup works but it still > > goes to the same > > screen and locks up. Can anyone help? TIA > > Bob, > > Just a guess... By any chance did you happen to delete an empty directory > off the root called /initrd (I think) just before this trouble began? If > you did, grab CD #1, boot with 'linux rescue', mount the system > read-write, and recreate that directory. > > --Doc Savage > Fairview Heights, IL > > > > -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 To be notified of updates to the web site, send a message to: site-update-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with a message of: subscribe -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list