CentOS hangs on boot

[m.roth at 5-cent.us]

Karthikeyan J wrote:
> Hi Tom
>
> Regarding the Centos Boot issue .
>
> What u can do is download knoppix and create a usb bootable or bootable cd
> and recover the files to a windows server or usb pendrive . Knoppix is a
> very powerfull live boot cd .
>
> or Try booting the centos in single user mode . we can know if it boots ,
> its the service which is trying to start and doesnt start or it can be
> hardware issue like Disks with bad sectors .

I agree - burn yourself a knoppix DVD, (CD? Does this ancient machine do
DVD?), and use that to get stuff.

        mark