Re: lock up at log in

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On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 00:28:53 +0100, James Wilkinson
<james@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 
> Ryan Krauss wrote:
> > I have caused a problem with my Fedora Core 2 installation.  I was
> > trying to add a small fat32 partition to my hard drive.  Instead of
> > taking the space from my existing fat32 partition or my NTFS partition,
> > Partition Commender decided to take the space out of the swap partition.
> > And unfortunately, the back stepping feature so proudly proclaimed on
> > the partition commander box decided not to remember how to undo this.  I
> > managed to undo it manually, but now whenever I try to boot into Linux,
> > my computer locks up after I try to log in.  I tried deleting the line
> > that mounts the swap space from the fstab file.  Other than that, I have
> > no idea what to try.  I tried booting into the linux rescue mode, but
> > didn't really know what to do once I logged in.
> >
> > How do I go about trouble shooting and fixing this problem?
> 
> Are you logging in graphically? Try pressing Ctrl-Alt-F1 and logging in
> there. Let us know if it works, and we can go from there.
> 
> James.
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Maybe you can boot using the install CD and choose upgrade and fix the
partition.

Yang



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