One of my systems stalls at start-up

[Ed Greshko]

On 09/09/14 08:13, Rick Stevens wrote:
> On 09/08/2014 05:00 PM, Ed Greshko issued this missive:
>> On 09/09/14 07:55, Joe Zeff wrote:
>>> On 09/08/2014 04:39 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>>>> systemctl start network.service
>>>
>>> You might want to try this first:
>>>
>>> systemctl status network.service
>>>
>>> This will not only verify that it's down, it will tell you why it failed.
>>
>> No.....  Remember I said to start in "single user mode" so it is *expected* that it will start in the DOWN status.
>>
>> I just wanted to verify that the link is shown as existing.
>
> If the link is down, the boot probably hasn't stalled, but assuming
> things like sendmail and such are configured, it can take a LONG time to
> come up because DNS resolution will have time out before things will
> continue.

One thing is true.....

Nobody asked the OP how long he let the system sit before he decided it was "stalled".

So, I ask that now.....

How long, Antonio, did you wait for the system to come up the login screen before you decided it was "stalled".

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