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Subject: Re: boot hang
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During the very initial bootup, you have a few seconds to choose whether to
boot (hit enter) or hit some other key to go to prompt. That is your safe
mode....

At 09:37 AM 10.25.2001 -0400, A. Lester Burke wrote:
>Question
>
>I have a machine that won't boot completely because, it tells me, it
>can't mount an NFS partition.  Problem is it just hangs there, so I
>can't get into the machine to change anything.
>
>The question is : Is there a way to boot up into "safe mode"  so that I
>can at least read the error logs or something. ?  slight panic, but Ilm
>not screaming yet
>
>Thanks
>
>--
>A. Lester Burke
>Network Analyst
>Arlington Public Schools, VA
>V 703-228-6057
>E leburke@mindspring.com
>
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Jack L. Stone,
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