I can help you just a little: I choose Linux because of the same reason as
you: the freeze screen. And just like you, I had similar problems at the
begining, which caused me to reinstall Linux several times, and try
different distributions.
But one day I saw the light: after a day of hard work, my Linux "hanged"; i
had two choices: crrash my monitor or go to the bathroom, so I went to the
bathroom and, when I come back ... Linux had revived!!! That was the moment
when I understood that Linux never (or almost never?) hangs, but it
sometimes needs time to make its things.
I hope it can help you next time, and I'm sorry but I can't help you with
your current problem (I ussed to reinstall)
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 12:31 PM
Subject: [newbie] Disk errors during boot!!! .. Help
I have installed the Opera browser on LM8.0
During the normal navigation I got a "freeze screen" .. the PC become
completely unresponsive .
I thought that this didn't happen on Linux .
The fact that an application can bring down an OS was the reason that I've
switched from Windows .. many people assured me that "freeze screens" and
"blue screens" wouldn't happen.
I am a bit disappointed :-(
I had to press the reset button and reboot.
But while the system was rebooting I've got a message that the disk wasn't
cleanly unmounted and that some kind of check had to be done.
The problem is that errors were found and I was presented two choices:
1) Press Control + D for normal startup. Which I did .. but with no luck
2)Provide root password to do some kind of manual fixes.
Option number two is the reason I'm writing this e-mail.
What can I do at the command line to fix this. I am newbie at Linux... I
don't have a clue of what to do
I really hate the idea of doing a fresh install and lose all my data.
Can anyone help?
Thanks,
Luis Neves
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