to override that delete the links to nologin in /etc/rc2.d althnough its best to see whats hanging the machine at boot.
----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- Linux System Administrator http://www.firetrail.com/ Firetrail Internet Services Limited http://www.aphroland.org/ Everett, WA 425-348-7336 http://www.linuxpowered.net/ Powered By: http://comedy.aphroland.org/ Debian 2.1 Linux 2.0.36 SMP http://yahoo.aphroland.org/ -----------------------------------------[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ]-- On Sun, 24 Oct 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 1. I upgraded Debian 1.3.1 --> 2.1, but my kernel is still 2.0.29. > What should I do to upgrade the kernel to 2.0.36? > > 2. When I login as any user other than root, the system rejects > me with the error msg: > > "System bootup in progress -- please wait" > > I incrementally killed all daemons running to see if one of them > was prohibiting the login. But the problem still occurred. I then > re-ran adduser to make sure my password was right. But the > problem still happens. Anyone have any clues? > > Thanks, > Charlie > >