RHEL6 – How to Fix RHEL 6.2 Hanging at Startup Screen After Forced Reboot

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I had to force a hardware reboot due to some CPU hungry application. It now hangs at the start-up screen right after the progress circle completes.

I have no way to see what it is doing (checking the FS or something) but when I press ctrl+alt+del, a s/w reboot occurs in 5 seconds.

How can I see the regular Linux start-up log instead of the splash screen and at least understand what it is doing.

Best Answer

Boot your machine as you would normally and when prompted to, Press any key to enter the menu do so.

In the grub menu select the entry you want to boot then press e

Highlight the kernel line and press e

Navigate to the end of the line and remove rhgb quiet then press enter

Press b to boot your system.

You should now see the system messages as it boots.

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