[CentOS] HAL Daemon failure on boot up

Mon Dec 22 10:59:56 UTC 2008
Lanny Marcus <lmmailinglists at gmail.com>

On Sun, Dec 21, 2008 at 9:31 PM, Dick Roth
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>>> I've been having a problem for a while:  when booting, >haldaemon will > fail, leaving me without CD/DVD and >floppy drives available.
>>>
>>> Has anyone else had this kind of problem?  If so, can >anyone suggest a > solution?
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> Thanks for the suggestions, Lanny.  I opened my box >and reseated my IDE
> connectors...just in case.  Then I rebooted twice and >came up roses each
> time.  Let's hope this is a trend.

I hope that cures the problem in your box, permanently!