so let mae ask, is this 8.X or 7.x? what kernal are you booting and what xfree version. next what keys do you use to go ack to the previous session ( [alt-f7] or [alt-f9] )? as I understand it, boot should work from ext3, there are/were so problems under some conditions when a ReiserFS (or other journal file systems) had problems booting when the journalFS is loaded as a modual insteaed of complied in to the kernal
On Wednesday 20 February 2002 05:44, you wrote: > Awhile back, someone posted a problem on this list regarding having linux > boot & if you went to a diff screen (Using ctrl-F*) {Term???}, you'd see a > new login that had hung. > > So, for me the problem was that in the normal display (0), i had a fully > functioning WM & Xwindow session going. Yet if i used Ctrl-F8 or F10, I > found a session that was trying to boot but had hung with the message on a > graphical login of: > > Setting Xwindow Hooks (or something similar). > > I was wondering what caused this problem & how to alleviate it? > > If someone could refer me to the archives on what to look for or a URL I'd > appreciate it. > > If it makes any difference, I was trying to use the / partition as ext2, > and all the others as Ext3. I understood that you can't make /boot Ext3 or > it won't work. And not knowing how to setup the partitions correctly > myself, just let the root </> partition be Ext2 & the rest a Journalling > FS. > > As an aside, if there is a better solution to that dilemma, I could use an > answer to that too. > > TIA > Femme
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