Re: very slow boot (newbie)

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
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