Hi, How about running "mkswap" on the swap partition? It's not like you will lose critical data from doing this, right?
And about the storm incident - how common is it to use surge protectors here? I found them in almost all the stores which sell electrical stuff, could get a bit pricy (up to 180$) but seems to worth any cent, isn't it? Cheers, --Amos On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 13:40:43 +1100, Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I am having some trouble with one FC3 server, when it was re-booted > after being physically relocated the boot sequence hangs at 'starting > swap space' and stays there until i do CTRL-C on the keyboard, sometimes > a number of times. It has been re-booted a couple of times and does this > every time. It then seems to have some services not started which may be > because of what I hjave to do on the keyboard. There are no errors > displayed when shutting down or booting, it never gives the message > about running repairs on the HDD. > It was originally shut down cleanly, but it has been through a couple of > storm inspired blackouts lately, one of which took out the power supply > on the ADSL modem. > > Any clues appreciated > Simon Bryan > IT Manager OLMC > LMB 14 > North Parramatta > [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: > fax: > mobile: 96833300 > 98901466 > 0414238002 > > Add me to your address book...Want a signature like this? > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > > ---------- Your email is protected by Mailshell ---------- > To block spam or change delivery options: > http://www.mailshell.com/control.html?a=balatsrial4tlprafm_jqupsjnpz1k > > Wouldn't you rather have amos.shapira.com as your personal domain? > http://rd.mailshell.com/ad465 > Earn up to $3 for each of your friends who signs up with Mailshell! > http://rd.mailshell.com/sp5 > -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
