On 25 Feb 2002 13:13:30 +0000
dams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Charles A Edwards) writes:
>
> > Yes, it's true.
> > Gremlins are real and are residing in one of my system.
> > I made the discovery yesterday.
> > The system in an 800 Duron, Beta3 upgraded to current cooker.
> >
> > I had dled and installed the -21 kernel rpms on another system and then copied
>them to a zip disk to install on this system.
> > I insert the disk and use the command mount /mnt/zip and get the error
> > Mount: can't find /mnt/zip in /etc/fstab or /etc/mtab.
> >
> > Opening /etc/fstab not only do I find that there is no zip entry, there is no
>entry for Any removable device.
> > No zip, no floppy, no cdrom, or cdrw.
> > Checking harddrake all device are shown.
> >
> > Most problems I usually attribute to the DA theory, with me the DA, but even in my
>feeble mindedness and approaching senility removing 5 fstab entries and 4 devices is
>is beyond even my level of ineptitude.
> >
> > Truly puzzled I remember seeing a thread on another list relating to gremlins.
> > That is when I knew that I had them too.
> >
> > Hopefully they will be confined to this one system, but should they begin to
>multiply and spread I will Shout warning so that others may
> > Beware.
>
> don't feed your computer after midgnight
>
> --
I don,t, and I have not split anything on this one yet so it has not
gotten wet.
They must have infiltrated from elsewhere using my DSL line.
Charles
