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> Hello,

> I am running Red Hat 7.2. I would like to know whether it is possible
> to cancel on one of the initialization messages at bootup that appear
> after the /dev/hdXX disks have been mounted. For instance if when
> starting up some process such as sendmail the system hangs for a long
> time before reporting [OK] or [Failed] then is it possible to hit some
> special key sequence analogous to the CTRL-C used to kill processes so
> that the bootstrap process may skip the current step and go on
> to the next step?

> Thanks,

> Neil

>> Hello,

>> I am running Red Hat 7.2. I would like to know whether it is possible
>> to cancel on one of the initialization messages at bootup that appear
>> after the /dev/hdXX disks have been mounted. For instance if when
>> starting up some process such as sendmail the system hangs for a long
>> time before reporting [OK] or [Failed] then is it possible to hit some
>> special key sequence analogous to the CTRL-C used to kill processes so
>> that the bootstrap process may skip the current step and go on
>> to the next step?

>> Thanks,

>> Neil

>Since you posted using Pine, presumably you were able to boot your
>Linux system.  If a process hangs during initialization the best
>solution is to fix the problem which is causing the problem.

>Sendmail, in particular, tends to hang if it cannot identify your
>host's fully qualified domain name (FQDN).  The solution to that is to
>place the FQDN into /etc/hosts file along with your hosts IP address.
>In otherwords you need an entry in /etc/hosts like this:

>192.168.1.5    machine.your.domain

>or whatever IP address and name you have.

> > Hello,

> > I am running Red Hat 7.2. I would like to know whether it is possible
> > to cancel on one of the initialization messages at bootup that appear
> > after the /dev/hdXX disks have been mounted. For instance if when
> > starting up some process such as sendmail the system hangs for a long
> > time before reporting [OK] or [Failed] then is it possible to hit some
> > special key sequence analogous to the CTRL-C used to kill processes so
> > that the bootstrap process may skip the current step and go on
> > to the next step?

> > Thanks,

> > Neil

> Since you posted using Pine, presumably you were able to boot your
> Linux system.  If a process hangs during initialization the best
> solution is to fix the problem which is causing the problem.

> Sendmail, in particular, tends to hang if it cannot identify your
> host's fully qualified domain name (FQDN).  The solution to that is to
> place the FQDN into /etc/hosts file along with your hosts IP address.
> In otherwords you need an entry in /etc/hosts like this:

> 192.168.1.5    machine.your.domain

> or whatever IP address and name you have.

> This is easier said then done. As a matter of fact I have a computer
> at work and one at home both running Linux, and both connect to the
> network or ISP with the DHCP protocol. After connecting the machines
> have a valid IP but do not have an FQDN, and there is not much I can
> do about it.

> nslookup correctly reports: ** server can't find
> x1.x2.x3.x4.in-addr.arpa.: NXDOMAIN

> Thus, it would be handy to be able to interrupt the individual server
> initializations performed at bootup. It looks like Red Hat should be
> providing such a facility with their system. How hard would it be to
> implement such functionality? Would init have to be patched?

>>> Hello,

>>> I am running Red Hat 7.2. I would like to know whether it is possible
>>> to cancel on one of the initialization messages at bootup that appear
>>> after the /dev/hdXX disks have been mounted. For instance if when
>>> starting up some process such as sendmail the system hangs for a long
>>> time before reporting [OK] or [Failed] then is it possible to hit some
>>> special key sequence analogous to the CTRL-C used to kill processes so
>>> that the bootstrap process may skip the current step and go on
>>> to the next step?

>>> Thanks,

>>> Neil

>>Since you posted using Pine, presumably you were able to boot your
>>Linux system.  If a process hangs during initialization the best
>>solution is to fix the problem which is causing the problem.

>>>> Hello,

>>>> I am running Red Hat 7.2. I would like to know whether it is possible
>>>> to cancel on one of the initialization messages at bootup that appear
>>>> after the /dev/hdXX disks have been mounted. For instance if when
>>>> starting up some process such as sendmail the system hangs for a long
>>>> time before reporting [OK] or [Failed] then is it possible to hit some
>>>> special key sequence analogous to the CTRL-C used to kill processes so
>>>> that the bootstrap process may skip the current step and go on
>>>> to the next step?

>>>> Thanks,

>>>> Neil

>>>Since you posted using Pine, presumably you were able to boot your
>>>Linux system.  If a process hangs during initialization the best
>>>solution is to fix the problem which is causing the problem.

>Ever think of editing the /etc/rc.d/ scripts?