On 3/31/2013 12:06 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: > On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 4:00 AM, Robert Benjamin <benjie1 at cox.net> wrote: >> WELL, I don't know what to say. I just put the HD in the PC turned >> it on and was waiting for the blue screen so I could login as root and >> type 'init 3'. BUT, guess what happened. A tiny clock appeared at the >> top left followed by a log in screen and here I am. Happened very >> quickly. A few seconds. Now, do I dare log out and try to get back or >> just wait for a reply from you. Yesterday I never did init 3 either. >> Maybe it is the Easter Bunny. I don't know. I'm a bit apprehensive about >> shutting off and trying again. What's your opinion? > That's the way it is supposed to work, and since no one recognized the > previous symptoms my best guess is that it was some sort of hardware > issue. Maybe swapping the drive left a bad connection to the disk or > network. > > -- > Les Mikesell > lesmikesell at gmail.com > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Looking for the book you recommended by Fraesch: Essential Systems Administration. Tried a local Barnes and Noble store and the author's name is different. They have it as Frisk, same title. Third Edition. Hope it's the same book. Can you double check please. I assume this is at a level I can deal with. Thanks. Bob