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   Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 13:02:44 +0100   
   From: De Kameel    
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   Subject: Re: Bootup stops at fsck?   
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   peter@invalid.com wrote:   
   > As of this morning my (mostly) beautifully behaved Edgy won't boot in   
   > either full or recovery mode. Messages on screen say fsck root file   
   > system check ok, then checking file system - and that's where it   
   > freezes.   
      
   I vaguely remember I had that problem after I had disconnected a    
   second/third harddisk in my system: the bootup apparently kept searching    
   for the missing harddisk. Solved by putting back in the harddisk.   
      
   Could something like this be the cause of your problem?   
      
   de Kameel   
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