debian going in to maintenance mode?

[hank]

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hello my linux computer debian sarge had an in propper shut down and
now when ever I boot up the machine it loads gives me the message
type in root password to go in to maintenance mode or control d to go
to normal setup.
I tried control d and it rebooted the system and braught up the same
message as before.
how do I get my system back up and running?
thanks
hank

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