Rebooting of the server has allowed a checkdb to at least start, currently it's running (very slowly i.e it's been at 1% for the past 9 minutes) but it is running:
Recovery of database 'distribution' (25) is 1% complete (approximately 54242 seconds remain). Phase 1 of 3. This is an informational message only. No user action is required.
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