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