On Sat, 29 Jul 2006, Todd wrote:
> Recently SuSE decided not to boot into full run level 5 for me. It would
> boot into single user mode only. I was able to get it booted again by
> running Knoppix and doing a fsck --rebuild-tree on the / partition.
>
> In single user mode, I could find NOTHING in the logs to determine which
> repair route to take. I had no idea where it was hanging up.
> I was flying blind.
>
> How does other list members proceed in diagnosing a linux system that
> refuses to boot??
Haven't had that problem, but what I'd probably do is
- boot with "init=/bin/sh" and try to read from and write to all the
partitions. If that works, the problem is in the files somewhere. Else,
you have a filesystem problem.
- see if you can determine by watching the boot sequence where it hangs up.
- find out which package(s) that uses and "rpm --Verify" them.
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