Sounds like it is doing a fsck.  Did you try to just leave it 
for awhile?  A large did COULD take hours to check, though it 
shouldn't.  Did you shut down clean?  If you don't use the 
shutdown command to properly shut down, it will fsck when it
boots, just as Windoz 98 does with scandisk.

Joseph T. Tannenbaum, MCSE, MCP+I
tannenba@access1.com
http://members.access1.net/tannenba/


> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
> [mailto:plug-discuss-admin@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us]On Behalf 
> Of Robert
> N. Eaton
> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 3:17 PM
> To: plug-discussion
> Subject: Perplexing problem
> 
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> A strange thing happened to the linux side of my box the other day,  I
> couldn't boot into it.  I'm using COL2.3.  When I try to boot, I click
> on Linux in Boot Magic and the Caldera boot screen comes up as usual.
> 
> In the System Startup Program I get:
> 
> 	Loading kernel.............Ok
> 	Booting kernel.............Ok
> 	
> 	Loading default modules:
> 	Plug 'n' Play configuration..Skip
> 
> 	Minimum system preparation:
> 	Checking file system........Wait
> 
> Right there is where it hangs (for hours, if I let it.)
> 
> So, today, I did a complete reinstall, got everything working as I
> wanted it, closed it down (with some trepidation), rebooted, and got
> hung at "Checking file system.........Wait".
> 
> Has anyone a clue as to what's going on?
> 
> Bob Eaton
> 
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