[Gloucs] RedHat 8 won't boot

Mark gloucs at mailman.lug.org.uk
Wed Jul 2 12:17:00 2003


Alternatively as all it is doing is displaying debug information, just
press return and it should give you a login prompt if you didnt enter
any info into the console yet.

the login prompt is fully operational, just because you have a screen of
data is an obscurity, if you type in your username and password
regardless, it should log you in.

M


On Wed, 2003-07-02 at 12:11, Tim Ballam wrote:
> just about to say that one...
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> :)
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Guy Edwards [mailto:guy_j_edwards@hotpop.com]
> Sent: 02 July 2003 11:49
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> Subject: Re: [Gloucs] RedHat 8 won't boot
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> On Wed, 2003-07-02 at 11:48, Joe Stanbrook wrote:
> > Thanks Tim,
> > 
> > I can't get it to login using the shell, it displays the login prompt but
> that is replaced by the error message 
> > before I have a chance to login
> 
> What about if you press ctrl-alt-f2 , it should switch to another 
> login prompt that you can use. (or ctrl-alt-f3, ctrl-alt-f4 etc)
> 
> Guy
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