[SWLUG] Help! system won't boot!!

[Matthew Moore]

On Sunday 10 February 2008 10:40:50 neil at nwjones.demon.co.uk wrote:
> Can anyone help me with this problem?
>
> On switching my main machine on this morning. It booted up into a black
> screen with an prompt. I was able to su to root and issue a reboot.
>
> It now persistantly boots to a blue screen with a prompt. It won't accept
> any id as a log in.
>
> What is wrong and how do I fix it.
>
> I had some problems a little while ago with booting and it insisted on my
> running fschk to fix some disk problems. Is this related

Have you tried to run a live CD?  If it is a problem with the hard drive you 
should be able to find out that way.  It could be that you've got a dodgy 
hard drive.

Cheers,

Matt