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Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 09:54:03 -0500
From: Michael Gay <mike2post@gmail.com>
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Subject: System hang on startup.
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Hello-

My system hangs on startup at the following prompt:

checking file systems
/dev/sda: recovering journal

I have tried letting it just sit there and "recover" for 2 hours at
first and then for 24 hours with still no luck. Does anyone have any
ideas? And/or does anyone know the severity of this problem?

-Michael