Sounds like Windows (or whatever you're ctrl-alt-del'n' from) is leaving
your hardware in an unstable state.  That's why Linux always does a cold
boot when it restarts (note the RAM checks after a Linux ctrl-alt-del).

A touch of the reset button will do wonders in these cases.

-- Asheesh.

On Tue, 21 Nov 2000, Jeff Malka wrote:

> My Mandrake 7.2 boots up just fine from a cold boot.  But if I do a
> ctrl-Alt-Del, it gooes to the text "OK booting linux ....." and stops there.
> Never happens with a cold boot (power off/on).
>
> What could be the problem?
>
> Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Registered Linux user  183185
>
>
>
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        Bob has lost his keys in a room which is dark except for one
brightly lit corner.
        "Why are you looking under the light, you lost them in the dark!"
        "I can only see here."


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