Linux-Setup Digest #180, Volume #19 Mon, 17 Jul 00 18:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: Lost LILO needs to be reconfigured...please help! ("Samuel Irlapati")
Re: Compiling kernel on RH 6.1 ("David ..")
Re: Cannot type root password after linux install ("Pascal & Bianca")
Ethernet (WSU Student)
rpm problem (David Punsalan)
Re: PROBLEM: KERNEL 2.2.14 ("ne...")
Re: wvdial - modem not responding ... ("David A. Gray")
Re: Lost LILO needs to be reconfigured...please help! (bcs)
Re: Lost LILO needs to be reconfigured...please help! ("David A. Gray")
Re: rpm problem ("David ..")
No Sounds - SBLive! - Need Forced Settings (Chris Barone)
Re: ##CHanged SCSI card Redhat will not boot (Andy Kinsey)
Re: Installation Error -- signal 11 ("James Hartwick")
Re: Compiling kernel on RH 6.1 (Paul Kimoto)
Removing KDE Desktop Icons - Template & Autostart (Chris Barone)
SCSI disk array problem (jhecker)
Re: sound card on Dell Optiplex? (Adnan Al-bar)
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From: "Samuel Irlapati" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Lost LILO needs to be reconfigured...please help!
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 16:08:52 -0400
to me, kernel panic is a sign that you need to re-install the operating
system. I have had gotten the kernal panic message before too and it was
when I trying out experiments on my hard-disk. As in the previous post
mentioned, just make the default os dos. If you have more problems post
messages.
albert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8kv3p8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi,
>
> Having passed the configuration prob, I managed to install RH 6.2 on my
> windows 98 box, I have my 8.4gb disk splitted in 4x 2.1gb partitions (one
> for w98, 2nd for shware, personal docs and the 4th I wanted to put linux
> there) Here's the glitch, for my surprise, Rh installed perfectly and even
> lilo didn't bother with the 1024 cylinder limit thing, but the lilo boot
was
> always jumping to linux instead of win98, so I tryied a program called
> BOOTMAGIC, and selected the windows partition for boot and also the Linux
> partition so that I could choose between one or the other. But when I
tryed
> it, only windows98 would boot ok!!! Well I tryed the linux rescue disk
that
> I madde when I was installing linux, but it didn't work too well because
now
> when I boot to linux is says "kernel panic ..." and the pc stalls
> completely.
> can one you guros help me out here???
> thanks
>
>
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Compiling kernel on RH 6.1
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 15:10:05 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hi, everybody
> I have a RH 6.1 system on which i install the kernel sources and kernel
> headers rpm. When in /usr/src/linux, i issue the make dep command, i
> obtain the following error message (in french):
>
> scripts/mkdep.c:13:ctype.h:Aucun fichier ou r�pertoire de ce type
> scripts/mkdep.c:13:stdio.h:Aucun fichier ou r�pertoire de ce type
> scripts/mkdep.c:13:stdlib.h:Aucun fichier ou r�pertoire de ce type
> scripts/mkdep.c:13:string.h:Aucun fichier ou r�pertoire de ce type
> scripts/mkdep.c:13:unistd.h:Aucun fichier ou r�pertoire de ce type
>
> it means thant the server can't find this .h files. i verify that there
> are installed on my disk with the rpm.
It may be missing the links below.
cd /usr/include
rm -rf asm linux scsi
ln -s /usr/src/linux/include/asm-i386 asm
ln -s /usr/src/linux/include/linux linux
ln -s /usr/src/linux/include/scsi scsi
--
Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
ID # 123538
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From: "Pascal & Bianca" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cannot type root password after linux install
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 20:30:45 GMT
Pascal & Bianca <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in artikel
<01bff02c$97889080$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> Help!!
>
I have some more info: i'm installing on a Compaq Armada notebook E500 PIII
450 Mhz...
Also i get to read a error message here: <6>keyboard: unrecognized scancode
(65) - ignored
Hope it helps you further solving my problem.
Bye! (Let me know if you need more configuration info)
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From: WSU Student <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Ethernet
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 16:38:54 -0400
I am installing new kernel( for nistnet) through a floopy disk (
using bzdisk ) but gives error while booting - "Failed initializing
eth0" , my ethernet is not working . may me i am somewhere wrong with
my configuration. I wanted to know that is it possible to set up
ethernet with your kernel loaded on a floppy. is it any security issue
involved here.
Please Help.
-Amit Utreja
(Email at : [EMAIL PROTECTED] )
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From: David Punsalan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: rpm problem
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 15:44:26 -0500
Hi,
I've recently noticed that if I issue:
rpm -q <rpm name>
I always get:
<rpm name> not installed
Regardless of wether it is installed or not. For example, I'll type in
the name of an rpm, like XFree-86, and it says the same thing.
Then, if I type rpm -i <rpm name>, it'll say - rpm already installed.
What gives?
Do I need to be ina certain directory when I query rpm's?
- David
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Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc
From: "ne..." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PROBLEM: KERNEL 2.2.14
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 20:48:11 GMT
On Jul 17, 2000 at 13:41, Thomas Adams eloquently wrote:
>
>"ne..." wrote:
>
>> 4) tar xzf /path/to/kernel/source/linux-<version>.tar.gz or
>> tar --use-compress-program bunzip -xf
>/path/to/kernel/source/linux-<version>.tar.bz2
>
>I appreciate your cookbook instructions. I am going to
>unpack my tar file again and see what I get.
>Your 'tar' command has fewer tags than that in the
>kernel HOWTO, namely:
>
>`tar zxpvf linux-x.y.z.tar.gz'
>
>I probably used this HOWTO form (going from memory though).
>Maybe the 'p' and 'f' tags limit what gets unpacked.
>The manual pages mention -p and -f, but this may not be the
>same as plain 'f' and 'p'. Also, -p and -f would not seem to limit
>what gets unpacked.
The 'p' means keep the same permissions. I have neva
used this. YMMV. 'v' means verbose, it lists all the
file in the tarbol on screen. I hate it.
>On the other hand, you may be telling me to download 'rpm'
>files. I just looked briefly today for such files at the kernel ftp
>site without success. I'll look harder later.
Er, nope. I assumed you installed Mandrake from cd.
If you did, you should have the kernel source on it.
If you go to rufus (http://rufus.w3.org/linux/RPM/),
you should find kernel-source-2.2.16-9mdk.i586.rpm.
>I am left wondering though, why kernel version 2.2.16 had what I
>needed ('rpm' files? .. net/Config.in), but version 2.2.14 did not.
>That's why I suspect I unpacked wrong.
There are different kernel files. Check out
Rufus and you will see them.
--
Registered Linux User # 125653
In Newark the laundromats are open 24 hours a day!
4:36pm up 7 days, 19:48, 9 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00
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From: "David A. Gray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: wvdial - modem not responding ...
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 16:37:06 -0500
Try using kppp and see if the problem goes away.
-David
In article <8kvafi$ec1$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Krishnan Sridhar
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I tried this posting this before but had problems.
>
> I have SuSe 6.3 loaded on my 90 Mhz pentium machine and I am trying to
> get ppp up and running. I am using wvdial for this. For some reason, I
> keep getting a message that my "modem is not responsing" when it tries
> to send the initialization string ATZ. I have tried changing the string
> but to no avail.
>
> Just to be sure that there was nothing wrong with my modem, I used
> minicom and manually dialed a number. The modem works fine. Also, I have
> used this modem before with Redhat 5.0 and had no problem getting ppp to
> work.
>
> Would appreciate if somebody can give me some insights into what migt be
> going wrong. Thanks in advance.
>
>
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From: bcs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Lost LILO needs to be reconfigured...please help!
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 17:03:28 -0500
albert wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Having passed the configuration prob, I managed to install RH 6.2 on my
> windows 98 box, I have my 8.4gb disk splitted in 4x 2.1gb partitions (one
> for w98, 2nd for shware, personal docs and the 4th I wanted to put linux
> there) Here's the glitch, for my surprise, Rh installed perfectly and even
> lilo didn't bother with the 1024 cylinder limit thing, but the lilo boot was
> always jumping to linux instead of win98, so I tryied a program called
> BOOTMAGIC, and selected the windows partition for boot and also the Linux
> partition so that I could choose between one or the other. But when I tryed
> it, only windows98 would boot ok!!! Well I tryed the linux rescue disk that
> I madde when I was installing linux, but it didn't work too well because now
> when I boot to linux is says "kernel panic ..." and the pc stalls
> completely.
> can one you guros help me out here???
> thanks
When you installed boot magic, you wrote over LILO which you had written to the
MBR during setup. Now, LILO does not exist on your drive, and it must if you
want to boot Linux. If you don't have LILO on the MBR, then it must be on the
first sector of the / partition, an option you were given during setup. The
boot disk is expecting the configuration you installed, which no longer exists,
as it has been altered by the bootmajic install. Anyway, in order to install
LILO by any means other than during setup, you will need Linux running on the
target system. You probably have a utility provided by boot majic which will
restore the MBR to pre-bootmagic-installation form. (* 1) Do that, then try
running setup again and chose upgrade, and see if you can reconfigure LILO. If
not, exit setup and boot up Linux from the hard drive and fire up the LILO
User's Guide (it may be in /usr/doc/lilo-0.21 in ps form, if not, then on the
Doc CDRom if you bought the distro) , and have fun, and learn something! Or
just learn something! You'd save time just reinstalling from scratch, though,
anyone would, no matter their experience. Make sure to install LILO on / and
not on the MBR. But whatever you do, read the aforementioned excellent doc.
Take note: If LILO is not going to be on the MBR, then it won't be able to find
a / partition which exists (all or in part) beyond cylinder 1023. Moreover,
any logical partition that the / partition is on must begin and end before
1024. Regarding the message from Chem-R-Us, don't forget to run
# lilo -t
(the "-t" op is for test)
to make sure your syntax is straight, then
# lilo
after you have edited /etc/lilo.conf, or the changes won't be written.
Good Luck!
bcs
ps If you want to abandon bootmagic, do (*1), then edit as Chem-R-Us said, then
do (*2).
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From: "David A. Gray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lost LILO needs to be reconfigured...please help!
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 16:55:48 -0500
Interesting advice from most of the replys you received already, however
all you really need to do is...
1.) Boot Linux from CD, or floppy, which ever your case may be.
2.) Stop the install to get to a shell prompt.
2.) Install LILO, (Redhat = RPM)
This will replace your boot strap that Windoze stepped on as if you were
installing for the first time. I've done this several times after "experimenting"
with PC Commander and Partition Magic as multi-boot utilities. Both of
these actually byte hard. Also, I have seen the latest version of
Mandrake, (7.1?) multi-boot utility, (Boot strap executive) and it's VERY
slick compared to LILO. Don't know how reliable it is as I roll my own
using several distibutions of Linux and don't do the package thing.
-David
In article <8kv3p8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "albert"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Having passed the configuration prob, I managed to install RH 6.2 on my
> windows 98 box, I have my 8.4gb disk splitted in 4x 2.1gb partitions
> (one for w98, 2nd for shware, personal docs and the 4th I wanted to put
> linux there) Here's the glitch, for my surprise, Rh installed perfectly
> and even lilo didn't bother with the 1024 cylinder limit thing, but the
> lilo boot was always jumping to linux instead of win98, so I tryied a
> program called BOOTMAGIC, and selected the windows partition for boot
> and also the Linux partition so that I could choose between one or the
> other. But when I tryed it, only windows98 would boot ok!!! Well I tryed
> the linux rescue disk that I madde when I was installing linux, but it
> didn't work too well because now when I boot to linux is says "kernel
> panic ..." and the pc stalls completely. can one you guros help me out
> here??? thanks
>
>
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: rpm problem
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 15:59:44 -0500
David Punsalan wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I've recently noticed that if I issue:
> rpm -q <rpm name>
>
> I always get:
> <rpm name> not installed
>
> Regardless of wether it is installed or not. For example, I'll type in
> the name of an rpm, like XFree-86, and it says the same thing.
>
> Then, if I type rpm -i <rpm name>, it'll say - rpm already installed.
>
> What gives?
>
> Do I need to be ina certain directory when I query rpm's?
Try: rpm -q rpm
If you use a wrong name or make a typo it will say the package isn't
installed.
XFree-86 is not the correct name.
Try: rpm -q XFree86
--
Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
ID # 123538
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From: Chris Barone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: No Sounds - SBLive! - Need Forced Settings
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 21:22:55 GMT
I have a problem with getting sounds, and believe the problem is with
the settings Linux thinks are correct. I know my sound modules and
drivers are current, system sounds are enabled, the card works great
in win 98. It's a PCI card, that I know Linux doesn't like, from
watching other postings. I even tried Mandrake, to see if it made a
difference, none. I was able to see some settings that intrigued me,
however, it wouldn't let me touch them! Mandrake has some sound card
wizard thing, and it showed all the resources to be '-1'. There were
drop down menu's, but they wouldn't take any input. I think Red Hat is
confused as well, and would like some guidance in 'forcing' the proper
ones. The bios on my motherboard, does not allow me to turn off PnP,
does this realy matter? Or, the fact that Gateway says the motherboard
was built for win98 only? I don't know. I think I'm on the right
track.....
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From: Andy Kinsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: ##CHanged SCSI card Redhat will not boot
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 21:29:32 +0000
PC Guy wrote:
> I have switched my SCSI controller from a Buslogic 454S to an Asus
> SC875 controller. When I tried to boot Redhat 6.2 it tried to load the
> Buslogic controller. It received a
>
> Kmod: failed to exec /sbin/modrprobe -s -k block-major-8, errono=2
> VSF: cannot open root device
> Kernel Panic unable to mount root fs
>
> What is the best way to reconfigure Redhat to use the new controller?
I did the same thing. Although I didn't have a problem booting the
machine, Linux wouldn't recognize any SCSI devices. Here's what I did:
I booted the machine from the CD-ROM (IDE). I went through the install
routine. When it asked if it was a n ew install or an upgrade, I selected
upgrade. The install program automagically installed the correct module
and I was done. You may not be so lucky; I just figured I'd let you know
what worked for me. Good luck.
Andy
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From: "James Hartwick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Installation Error -- signal 11
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 21:27:32 GMT
Thanks for the help...
After reading the documents you suggested I scanned all the memory and went
through each chip... there was no problem with it. So I disabled the
caching from Bios... still didn't work. After this I decided to compile on
my p3.
Not knowing much about Linux, it took me a while to figure out how to
compile the kernel, but, by blindly following the help files, I managed to
"downgrade" the CPU the kernel was optimized for to suit my 486, then I
recompiled, and then updated Lilo.
I put the HD back in my 486 and turned it on... success... well, sort of..
The boot sequence continued until errors were detected on hda and it throw
me into root to do maintenance on the drive... however, when put back in my
p3 the harddrive came up with no errors...
AHA! I figured out what may be the cause of all my problems (or, it just may
be another on the list)... when I installed Lilo into the MBR it overwrote
the Drive Overlay program, therefore my BIOS isn't able to recognize the
larger partitions... So...
How would I install Lilo onto my hd in the first sector and get the Drive
overlay program to read it as it has finished loading? Certainly there are
other people out there that have drive overlays installed on there Linux
boxes... could someone point me in the right direction?
Thanks in advance :)
"Homer Jay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Mon, 17 Jul 2000 08:58:05 GMT, James Hartwick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> >"exited abnormally -- received signal 11"
> >
> >I have been trying to install Redhat6.2 from a release CDRom onto my old
486
> >for two days... I continually get this error at different times during
the
> >installation process. Usually when the install is copying to the Hard
> >Drive.
> >I took the harddrive out of the 486 at one point and used my p3 to
install
> >Linux onto it. No problem, worked like a charm the first time... so I
know
> >the problem isn't with my CD or the hard drive... The problem was that
when
> >I plunked the HD back into the 486 expecting the installation to be
> >finished, the kernel "Panicked" because it had been compiled for a
Pentium+
> >machine... and I don't have the expertise to know how to get around
that...
> >My best guess now is that I have some faulty hardware in the 486, but
this
> >is odd because everything was running fine (albeit slowly) under win98.
> >If someone could shed some light on what a "signal 11" is, or perhaps
point
> >me to a website that has a list of error signals that would be
fantastic...
>
> Good guess. Sig11 generally indicates bad RAM or, much less often, bad
> motherboard. Fire up winblows and surf to: www.redhat.com/mirrors/LDP
> and check out the GCC-SIG11-FAQ for more info on the error. Upon reading
> it, you will gain more insight into why Winblows will still (sort of)
> work: it taxes the system much less heavily.
>
> >OR if someone could tell me how to change my kernel so that it is not
> >optimized for a Pentium+ when compiled on my Pentium+ machine, that would
be
> >almost as good (assuming there are no other problems with doing that
which I
> >haven't foreseen).
>
> I've never actually done this, but it seems pretty easy in principle.
> Just go through a compile as you normally do, but select the drivers and,
> most important, processor level, that correspond to your 486. In fact,
> this is a *much* better way to go, even if your 486 was working ok
> because the Pentium will compile *much* faster. (See the Kernel-HOWTO
> for more on the compiling process.)
>
> Finally, try pulling (if possible) or swapping RAM to try to isolate the
> bad chips. I would suggest downloading a copy of memtest86 to help you
> in this hunt for bad memory before doing anything else.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: Compiling kernel on RH 6.1
Date: 17 Jul 2000 17:40:50 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <8kvjee$4se$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have a RH 6.1 system on which i install the kernel sources and kernel
> headers rpm. When in /usr/src/linux, i issue the make dep command, i
> obtain the following error message (in french):
>
> scripts/mkdep.c:13:ctype.h:Aucun fichier ou r�pertoire de ce type
> scripts/mkdep.c:13:stdio.h:Aucun fichier ou r�pertoire de ce type
> scripts/mkdep.c:13:stdlib.h:Aucun fichier ou r�pertoire de ce type
> scripts/mkdep.c:13:string.h:Aucun fichier ou r�pertoire de ce type
> scripts/mkdep.c:13:unistd.h:Aucun fichier ou r�pertoire de ce type
>
> it means thant the server can't find this .h files. i verify that there
> are installed on my disk with the rpm.
The compiler is looking for these files in /usr/include. If they are not
there, then you need to install the libc development package.
--
Paul Kimoto
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From: Chris Barone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Removing KDE Desktop Icons - Template & Autostart
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 21:47:23 GMT
Is there a simple way to get rid of these two icon's? I have no need
for them, and they're starting to annoy me.....
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From: jhecker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SCSI disk array problem
Crossposted-To: alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage
Date: 17 Jul 2000 17:50:21 -0400
Hi, all -
I am having trouble getting a disk array working properly. The disk array
consists of four Seagate ST41800N's. It is hanging off a Symbios Logic 53C825
conroller (server is a dual Ppro
running Mandrake 7.1). The controller sees all four drives on boot.
I am unable to partition the middle two drives, for some reason. The
error message I get is:
Device contains
neither a valid DOS partition table, nor Sun, SGI or OSF disklabel
Building a new DOS disklabel. Changes will remain in memory only, until
you decide to write them. After that, of course, the previous content
won't be recoverable. Segmentation fault (core dumped)
The drives all have unique addresses (0,1,2 and 5, respectively - 1 and 2
are the bad boys. The controller is 7. No other SCSI devices.). The
last drive in the chain is terminated, of course.
Has anyone seen this problem? I d/l'd the manual off the Seagate site,
but nothing suggests itself.
I would be grateful for any suggestions.
If it is convenient, email will reach me faster.
TIA -
Regards,
jh
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From: Adnan Al-bar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: sound card on Dell Optiplex?
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 22:55:18 +0100
Travis Hein wrote:
>
> i run red hat 6.2, both 2.2.15, 2.3.99 kernels on a Dell Optiplex GX1 machine.
> is there anyone out there who has been able to get its sound card recognized
> working.
> i think it is some sort of Crystal Audio type chipset or something.
> So far I have had no luck with the supplied kernel drivers.
>
> For some things i really have no idea what i am doing
> Travis
I got also the same problem but for Dell Dimension XPS T500 box. Most
likely your sound card is integrated into the motherboard and for most
card of thses types linux won't support. Big companys like Dell they
wnat to save money on shipping cheap stuff in their machines like
Winmodem which won't work under linux too. Any way you will problly be
able to make it work if you look at www.opensound.com. All the luck
Albar
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