Boot problems (FC4)

[Anne Wilson]

On Monday 26 June 2006 10:25, Tim wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-06-23 at 19:16 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > It's somewhat disconcerting that when ntpd failed to make the
> > connection the whole bootup process failed.  I would have wished for a
> > failure notice then the rest of the bootup to continue.
>
> Is it really the case, or are you mistaking cause and effect?
>
Hi, Tim.  I'm not sure, but I don't think I am.

> e.g. Name resolution or networking isn't working, and NTPD being just
> one thing that doesn't cope with it, but the last thing that you saw.
>
No, it wasn't.  Eventually it did continue for a few more steps, and 'enabling 
swap' (or similar) was the last thing I saw.  If you know any way that I can 
get useful info if/when it happens again, I'd be glad to know.

Anne
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