[NTLUG:Discuss] Boot Up Parameters - Keeping them in LiveCD

[david]

Kenneth Loafman wrote:
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>> Can you do Ctrl-Alt-F1?  This would determine the extent of lockup (the 
>> whole machine or just the graphical environment).
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> If Ctrl-Alt-F1 works, then dmesg may be able to tell you what's going
> on.  There may be no log, but dmesg keeps its contents in memory.
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> Have you tried the 'rescue' versions of these CD's?
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> ...Ken
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Since they are "LiveCD" versions there is typically no "rescue" option.
In the case of PCLinuxOS there is a "FailSafe" boot option.
Adding the word - "single" (or 1) to the kernel line *should *put you at a
command line log in. No X or GUI.
If it locks up before getting to a command prompt in single user mode then
it is most likely hardware related. I think someone already mentioned 
Ultimate Boot CD.
You can use it for hardware diagnostics.
http://ubcd.sourceforge.net/