> I had Slackware running well for a couple of days when I decided
> to start messing with the XF11 config. Well, I did something stupid and
> the machine hung. And hung. And just sat there and stared at me.
>
> Couldn't get the dang thing to do anything so I hit the power
> button. Now, of course, it won't boot.
>
> It goes through a lot of the boot stuff (most of which scrolls off
> the screen so fast I can't read it) and always just stops at the following
> line:
>
> ide-tape: Strange, packet command initiated yet DRQ isn't asserted.
>
> I tried booting to the original boot disk (used for installation)
> and the LILO bootdisk that was created when the installation was almost
> over. Still hangs at the same message.
>
> Is there any way around this or am I going to have to reinstall?
have you tried to replace your XF11 config file with the original one?
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