I'll throw in some advice on testing your hardware to make sure it doesn't have any problems. Download <a href="http://www.ultimatebootcd.com">http://www.ultimatebootcd.com</a> and burn the LiveCD to an ISO. Boot to it and run an Advanced test of "Drive Fitness Test" which is a hard drive test. It should pass with a green screen after 30min + depending on your hard drive size. I'd also give Memtest86 a run for a least one full loop, overnight would be better thou.
<br><br>Forgive me if you already know how to do all of this and have tested your hardware. I try to test my hardware when I'm having strange errors just to rule it out. Nothing like working to fix a problem for hours only to determine that some hardware is starting to go bad.
<br><br>Jason<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/24/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Chris Schumann</b> <<a href="mailto:cschumann@twp-llc.com">cschumann@twp-llc.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hey all,<br><br>I hope you guys will help me start along the path to having l33t Linux hax0r<br>sk1l7.<br><br>I have a ThinkPad 600X (800MHz PIII, 576MB RAM, 40GB disk, etc) that WAS<br>running FC5 just great... but I did some updates and messed around with the
<br>Services settings.<br><br>The first bad sign was that the machine would hang during booting right<br>before the login screen. I had to turn it off, but I could boot into<br>runlevel 3, log in and run "init 5" and everything was great. So I tried to
<br>fix it...<br><br>Now, starting in runlevel 3 hangs right after it asks me for a user name.<br>The system is completely unresponsive. I haven't tried to go in remotely<br>because it's set up for spiffy WiFi with the easy configuration tool, but I
<br>have to log in and give it the default keyring password before it will<br>configure the card.<br><br>So now, I can boot into runlevel 1. Joy.<br><br>So, tipsters, what's my next step to restoring my portable workstation,
<br>besides reformatting and restoring my user files from backup? (And yes, I<br>have a backup.)<br><br>I'd really like to be able to diagnose what's going on, because I have two<br>laptops running Linux, and I'd like to get another one in the house to
<br>switch, but right now my credibility is a little tarnished.<br><br>Pointers and questions gleefully taken and answered.<br><br>Many thanks,<br>Chris Schumann<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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