[plug] troubleshooting a bootup problem

[Jon Miller]

Doesn't get to the "I" Interactive Mode key, crashes before this.

Jon L. Miller, MCNE, CNS
Director/Sr Systems Consultant
MMT Networks Pty Ltd
http://www.mmtnetworks.com.au

"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure
 is trying to please everybody." -Bill Cosby



>>> simpware at yahoo.com 9:10:04 AM 3/05/2003 >>>
> Is there a way to slow down the booting up process? 
> During bootup the server stops after about lines
into
> the EXT3 loading process with a garbled line.
> What I want to do is either slow down the boot
> process so I can see what isn't loading or what has
> loaded last before the error.

If you're on a recent RedHat you can probably press
"I" to enter an interactive mode, whereby you can
confirm each process start with a key (at least that's
how it used to work).

Otherwise, toggling the Pause/Break key (I think
that's the right one) should pause the output of the
screen so you can see it that way. In theory, anyway.

Andrew


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