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Your're right it is a bad DNS/host setup, and thanks for the advice.<br />
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MAC
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Your're right it is a bad DNS/host setup, and thanks for the advice.

MAC

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Ah, it the problem is in name resolution it SHOUDL continue, after sitting there for a bunch of minutes. Also note that sendmail and other such service might behave the same way.
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Ah, it the problem is in name resolution it SHOUDL continue, after sitting there for a bunch of minutes. Also note that sendmail and other such service might behave the same way.

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Thanks. &nbsp; One thing - the commands you gave me , none of them work. &nbsp;Whats wrong?<br />
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MAC
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Thanks.   One thing - the commands you gave me , none of them work.  Whats wrong?

MAC

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Then you havent set your system up correctly. In both redhat and slackware (aswell as debian i think) the &quot;linux single&quot; works.
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Then you havent set your system up correctly. In both redhat and slackware (aswell as debian i think) the "linux single" works.

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Your're right they work. &nbsp; But I'm learning! &nbsp; &nbsp;In the end I made endless attempts at trying to fix this problem from linux single, but ended up reinstalling. &nbsp; I'm told that is sometimes the quickest way at the beginning!<br />
Many thanks<br />
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MAC
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Your're right they work.   But I'm learning!    In the end I made endless attempts at trying to fix this problem from linux single, but ended up reinstalling.   I'm told that is sometimes the quickest way at the beginning!
Many thanks

MAC

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Is there a way of removing a service which is causing the sytem to halt at boot up? &nbsp; In this case it is SMB services. &nbsp; I cannot get into Linux to remove it from the boot list.
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Is there a way of removing a service which is causing the sytem to halt at boot up?   In this case it is SMB services.   I cannot get into Linux to remove it from the boot list.

SMB services

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