Re: Redhat freezes after setting hostname

On Tue, Apr 29, 2003 at 03:36:37PM +0000, Manjit Riat wrote:
> I am writing in context to this thread :
> 
> https://listman.redhat.com/pipermail/enigma-list/2002-September/016542.html
> 
> I had redhat installed for over 6 months six months and suddenly httpd 
> stopped and linux started aciting wierd.. So i sent it for a reboot and it 
> just freezes after setting hosthame (probably at the USB checks )
> 
> So Basically I am having the same problem as stated in the above post. So I 
> downloaded tomsrtbt and got into linux and was able to see my other 
> partition in sda. But tomsrtbt does not have the fsck utility (it just has 
> the e2fsck) and i have a ext3 filesystem. So how do i go about running fsck 
> ??
> 
> And i even tried upgrading the redhat to 8.0 and that stops with a fatal 
> error saying there is a major hardware problem..
> 
> Thank You
You can always use the install disk in linux rescue mode which has all
the necessary programs.

However, if you have hardware problems that is a whole other story.

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