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Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 10:45:06 -0600 (MDT)
From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com>
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Subject: Re: very slow boot (newbie)
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On Fri, 12 May 2006, Barnaby Scott wrote:

> Parv wrote:
> ...
>>> and then stops! I have timed it - it stops for between 4 and 5
>>> minutes every time.
>> 
>> Does your screen goes blank just after the above message?  If so,
>> press [Enter] key, you should see the boot being continued, and
>> "login:" waiting for input at the end.
>
> No the screen still has all the previous clutter on it, and pressing [Enter] 
> just makes a new line

Press Ctrl-C instead.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA