Re: [Hampshire] Debian 7.1 startup problem

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Author: James Courtier-Dutton
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To: Peter Alefounder, Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Debian 7.1 startup problem
My first thought due to is apparent random affect, run a memtest86+.
You should find it on your boot menu.
Run it for a few hours.



On 9 November 2013 11:46, Peter Alefounder <p_alefounder@???> wrote:
> I am using Debian 7.1, the x86-64 version.
>
> Sometimes when starting my system it gets stuck at some point, not always the
> same point. After pressing the reset button, the system boots normally. When
> I first had my computer, this problem did not arise at all. Now, it is becoming
> more frequent. Most recently, fsck failed with a return code of 8, and I was
> advised to run it manually. I did: everything was clean and the system restarted
> normally after "shutdown -r now".
>
> I can't find anything I recognise as wrong in the log files. The problems may
> arise before the point at which log files are written, or it may be that I don't
> know what to look for or where to look. Any ideas?
>
> Peter Alefounder.
>
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