Linux-Setup Digest #41, Volume #20 Wed, 15 Nov 00 02:13:09 EST
Contents:
Re: cd rom drive will no longer mount - details below ("misterbooboo")
Re: NTFS support in linux? (Mark Post)
Re: dual boot newsgroup (Rod Smith)
Re: NTFS support in linux? (Rod Smith)
Restoring RH 6.2 /usr/src/linux tree ("Paul Steckler")
cd rom drive will no longer mount ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
problem with gnorpm ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
I need some help! ("Charif Lakchiri")
Re: Fdisk error: no partition table ("ryan")
Re: Linux install on Dell Poweredge 6300
setting up a task using crontab ("Brian J. Rohan")
Re: Best NIC for Red Hat 6.1 internet connection? (moonie;))
Re: USRobotics PCI 56K Modem (5610-rev1) with COM5 in Windows (James Richard Tyrer)
Error - No such pid? ("Lamar Thomas")
Re: HELP!! Partition Magic Error 105. PartitionInfo inside: Please ("Steven J.
Hathaway")
Re: Triple boot with NT in second drive (BO)
Re: Fdisk error: no partition table (Eric)
Re: HELP: Dual OS: Win2000 and Redhat 7.0 (Eric)
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From: "misterbooboo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: cd rom drive will no longer mount - details below
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 22:12:37 -0600
Howdy-doo,
The name should have been misterbooboo to start with.
Sorry - I set up the newsreader too fast, not paying attention.
I hate MS 'wizards'!
I changed fstab to
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,user,ro 0 0
and the goober CD drive now works.
This is a first! I didn't make something worse by changing it.
I'm almost worried about that <lol>
Thanks for the tips :-)
--
Jon - I love Jesus Christ
http://www.jonsplace.org/
"The infamous "Brian"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:BouP5.15899$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi Jon:
>
> misterbooboo wrote in message ...
> >Cdrom (/mnt/cdrom --> /dev/hdc) no longer allows mount :-(
>
>
> What command are you attempting to use?
>
> Here is what I do;
>
> First add a line to your /etc/fstab (fstab is Linux for File System
TABle);
>
> /dev/hdc /cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0
>
> Now you should be able to mount your CD rom like this;
>
> mount /cdrom <enter>
>
> You will not be able to open your CD drive door until you unmount the CD
> rom;
>
> umount /cdrom <enter>
> ^ (not a typo)
>
> Try not to change posting names too often; It gets confusing.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Brian
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Post)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: NTFS support in linux?
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 04:32:52 GMT
On Wed, 15 Nov 2000 03:34:33 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (p e a r c e) wrote:
>Does linux support the NTFS filesuystem used in NT 4.0 [can I mount
>these drives]? If so, at what kernel revision did it becoime
>implemented?
There is read support available, and a _very_ experimental read/write
support as well. Both have been available for quite a while (late 2.0.x
series?).
Mark Post
Postmodern Consulting
Information Technology and Systems Management Consulting
To send me email, replace 'nospam' with 'home'.
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: dual boot newsgroup
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 04:34:53 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Murray Eisenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> There probably would not be so many questions if Linux distributors --
> especially Red Hat -- did a much better job of documenting how to handle
> this, especially with Windows NT and no FAT partition! I don't see why
> they cannot include ALL the necessary instructions on accomplishing this
> with their installation instructions instead of referring to complex
> mini-HOWTO docs.
Although it might be possible to provide all the necessary instructions
for doing a simple installation dual-booting Linux and Windows NT (or
any other OS), dual-booting involves A LOT more than installation. Trust
me; I had no trouble filling a 591-page book with information on
multi-boot configuration. (See http://www.rodsbooks.com/multiboot/ for
details.) I'm sure a newsgroup on the topic would not be overkill.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: NTFS support in linux?
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 04:40:42 GMT
[Posted and mailed]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (p e a r c e) writes:
> Does linux support the NTFS filesuystem used in NT 4.0 [can I mount
> these drives]? If so, at what kernel revision did it becoime
> implemented?
Yes, it's supported in the kernel; but some distributions (including Red
Hat, the last I checked) don't include the NTFS drivers in their default
kernels, so you've got to recompile AT LEAST that module to get the
support. Note, however, that the NTFS support is good for read-only
access, but read/write access is considered very experimental, and has
been for a long time. (I've seen claims that nobody's been working on
that part of it.) I DO NOT recommend that you use the read/write support
unless you intend to help develop it.
I don't know exactly when NTFS support was added to the kernel, but I'm
pretty sure it was in the 2.0.x series, or at least available for it. I
recall experimenting with it when using 2.0.x kernels. It may have been
available before that, but I wasn't concerned with NTFS when the 1.2.x
kernels were current.
--
Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
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From: "Paul Steckler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Restoring RH 6.2 /usr/src/linux tree
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 22:57:28 -0600
In an attempt to install a kernel patch for the Onstream DI30 tape drive,
I deleted my /usr/src/linux-2.2.14 directory in a RedHat 6.2 installation.
I have a tar.gz for the 2.2.14 kernel, but apparently RH6.2 ships with a
slightly patched kernel.
So how can I get back the original RH version of this directory, and
especially
the original .config file?
-- Paul
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: cd rom drive will no longer mount
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 04:52:13 GMT
Dear Mr. Brian,
I have the same problem with Mr. Jon. Whenever I mount the cdrom using
this commmand:
mount /dev/cdrom
I get this error message:
mount: Wrong medium type
I've checked my /etc/fstab and it's ok. Plase help me.
Long.
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Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: problem with gnorpm
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 05:00:58 GMT
When I install a new package using gnorpm, I get this error message:
"only packages with major numbers <= 3 are supported by this version of
RPM"
The system is:
Red Hat 6.2
gnorpm-0.9-15
rpm-3.0.4-0.48
Long.
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Before you buy.
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From: "Charif Lakchiri" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: I need some help!
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 14:07:28 +0900
Hi to all,
I am newbie to Linux. I have recentely installed Red Hat 7 and don't know
how to do the settings for ISDN's TA connected to serial port.
Could anyone tell me how to do it?
Thanks in advance for any help.
charif [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "ryan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Fdisk error: no partition table
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 05:10:17 GMT
you have to format the disk with a program like system commander. i'm
looking for it now myself
Peter Bismuti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8us2n1$kqv$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> I'm trying to put in a new HD and can't get it to work. I've tried using
> the floppy that came with it ( Maxtor ) and I've tried using a Win98 setup
> floppy & cd, and I've gried Redhat and none work.
>
> In REdhat 6.1, I get the following error:
>
>
> An error occured reading the partition table for the block
> device hda. The error was: No such file or directory
>
> Can this be fixed? Does this mean that the drive is no good?
>
> Thanks
>
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux install on Dell Poweredge 6300
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 05:30:04 -0000
If you contact Dell they will tell you how to download the Redhat disk
array drivers.
laverickg wrote:
>
> I have been attempting to install Linux on a Dell Poweredge 6300 which
has
> the following configuration:
> 1 GB RAM
> 5 9 GB UW SCSI drives connected to an Adaptec 7890 controller on MB.
> Unused Adaptec 7890 controller on MB
> CD-ROM connected to Adaptec 7860 controller on MB.
> Intel EEPro 100 NIC
> ATI Rage II Pro video adapter.
>
> I have tried installing several Linux distributions with no success.
The
> installation appeared to work flawlessly in each case, but Linux failed
to
> come up upon rebooting after the install.
>
> Mandrake 7.1 halted with the message:
> "INIT: ID # respawning to fast: disabled for 5 minutes"
> where # appeared for each SCSI drive and the sequence repeated after 5
> minutes.
>
> Red Hat 6.1 and 7.0 both reported the following:
> "Warning: unable to open an initial console"
> "Kernel Panic: No init found. Try passing init= option to kernel.
>
> Turbolinux 6.0 does not even start to boot, the machine hangs as soon as
> it accesses the OS.
>
> I have changed settings on the SCSI controller with no effect. I also
> connected another drive to the 7860 controller and tried to use it as my
> boot drive with no effect.
>
> I would appreciate any suggestions that anyone could offer as to what
the
> problem might be.
>
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
--
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From: "Brian J. Rohan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: setting up a task using crontab
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 05:32:21 GMT
I am trying to run the SETI program that will allow me to help them
decipher data over the internet. I have downloaded and installed their
program, and all works well, until I shut down the gnome console, and
then the program stops. I would like to set up the program to begin
running if it isn't already at fifteen minute intervals (their websites
states that for Linux machines, if it tries to start the progam and it
is already running, it will not start again) So I tried adding a line
to /etc/crontab as follows: (the program is located in
/root/setiathome/setiathome-3.0.i386-pc-linux-gnu-gnulibc2.1 an is
called setiathome. the -nice iption sets the priority to 19 so as not to
interfere with other processes)
00,15,30,45 * * * * cd
/root/setiathome/setiathome-3.0.i386-pc-linux-gnu-gnulibc2.1/;
./setiathome -nice 19 > /dev/null 2> /dev/null
But nothing was spawned at 00 15 30 or 45 of the hour, even after
restarting the system. I then added the previous line to a file
/root/setiathome called timersetup
I then typed crontab /root/setiathome/timersetup
The crontab -l and it listed the previous information. I then waited
for half of an hour and still nothing started to work. What am I not
doing correctly? I did all of the above as root
Brian
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From: moonie;) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Best NIC for Red Hat 6.1 internet connection?
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 00:43:54 -0500
On Sun, 05 Nov 2000, Roy Troxel wrote:
>I'm looking for a good NIC for my firewall, which runs on Red Hat 6.1.
>
>I've tried several 3c509Bs. They work OK with the intranet connection, but
>behave erratically with the cable modem connection to the internet. I've
>reconfigured the cards, swapped them out, changed ports and IRQs with 3Com
>software, etc, etc, but the result is always the same. The internet NIC
>will work OK for a few weeks and then go out.
>
>I've corresponded with several people who have had the same problem with the
>3c509B. I need a NIC that I can configure, install, and then forget about.
>Any suggestions?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Roy
I have 1 D-Link 530TX and one D-Link 530TX+ in my router. Never had a problem,
its been up for months and I haven't even had to think about it (except to keep
from stubbing my toes on it, its under my desk)
--
moonie ;)
Registered Linux User #175104
http://counter.li.org
KDE2
Kernel 2.4.0-test5
XFree86 4.0 Nvidia .94 drivers
RAID 0 Striped
Test-Pilots-R-Us ;)
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From: James Richard Tyrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: USRobotics PCI 56K Modem (5610-rev1) with COM5 in Windows
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 05:55:49 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Am I allowed to pick another COM port with setserial as long as my port
> is right? I seem to recall trying to set it to different COM ports and
> setserial not allowing me to do that (but I will try one more time).
What "setserial" does is configure the software driver. It does nothing at
all about the hardware. That is you tell the serial driver which I/O port
and which IRQ to use for a selected ttyS?. You can chose any ttyS? that is
not already in use.
> Here is my setup:
>
> I am currently using Redhat 7.0 with a 2.2.17 kernel (with more than 4
> com ports support enabled). I have two Serial ports built in on my
> motherboard, but I was not using one so I turned the second off in the
> BIOS in an attempt to avoid possible conflicts with other hardware. I
> have a US Robotics PCI 56K Faxmodem (model 5610-rev 1 ; according to
> lspci), which always displays as COM5 in Windows 98.
>
> # cat /dev/proc:
>
> Bus 0, device 14, function 0:
> Serial controller: Unknown vendor Unknown device (rev 1).
> Vendor id=12b9. Device id=1008.
> Medium devsel.
> I/O at 0xb000 [0xb001].
This doesn't help find your modem. You should
cat /proc/pci
But lspci is better.
> # cat /etc/rc.d/rc.local:
>
> setserial /dev/ttyS4 irq 9 port 0xb000 uart 16550A ^fourport ^auto_irq
> skip_test autoconfig spd_vhi
I presume that you put this command there, but where did you get the IRQ?
>
> Setup after start:
>
> # setserial /dev/ttyS4
> /dev/ttyS4, UART: 16550A, Port: 0xb000, IRQ: 2, Flags: spd_vhi
>
> # lspci -v -v
>
> 00:0e.0 Serial controller: US Robotics/3Com 56K FaxModem Model 5610
> (rev 01) (prog-if 02 [16550])
> Subsystem: US Robotics/3Com USR 56k Internal FAX Modem (Model
> 5610)
> Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop-
> ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B-
> Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort-
> <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
> Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 0
Is this a typo? since IRQ 0 would be an error.
> Region 0: I/O ports at b000
> Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
> Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1-
> ,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
> Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=2 PME-
NO! You have to use "lspci -v" [one -v is enough] before you use set
serial. You use the values for I/O and IRQ that you get from "lspci" in
the setserial command.
If you first used "lspci -v" and it said I/O port 0xb000 and IRQ 9 then the
command you need to set this up is:
setserial /dev/ttyS2 port 0xb000 irq 9 autoconfig
and the modem should be ttyS2. I understand that you only have 2 COM
ports. I have no idea why M$-Windows chose COM5 (which would be ttyS4).
Some Linux programs are only happy with the first 4 ttyS so you should
avoid using ttyS4 or higher. I presume that you enabled the support for
more than 4 COMs because M$-Windows used COM 5. But, with only two serial
ports on your mother board, you don't need it.
JRT
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From: "Lamar Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat.rpm
Subject: Error - No such pid?
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 06:12:35 GMT
I am running RH 6.2. I am connected to the Internet with a cable modem.
When I shutdown my system tonight using the following command: (shutdown -h
now) every service failed with a msg. like:
"[FAILED]"
"...Kill: (549) - No such pid"
It just started this tonight. Any ideas? I have the following software
installed on my system:
1. Applixware 5.0 (Office suite)
2. Oracle 8i for Linux
Thanks for any help.
Lamar
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Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 22:11:56 -0800
From: "Steven J. Hathaway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: HELP!! Partition Magic Error 105. PartitionInfo inside: Please
I've seen numerous problems similar to your respondents. Therefore I find it useful
to have
floppy-bootable linux with the ability to edit the /etc/... environment files suchas
/etc/lilo.conf
and /etc/fstab to restore basic Linux functionality. If the ext2 file system is realy
messed-up
with partition magic, then a rebuild of the ext2 partition is required.
I have also seen BIOS problems with disk geometry translations for disks upto 8.4 GB.
Disks
larger than 8.4GB must use a linear access capability and the DOS based BIOS can only
recognize the first 540 MB of disk space. In these situations, your primary boot
loader must
reside in the first 540 MB of the first disk unless your BIOS and boot loader knows how
to handle linear disk access capable of terabyte addressing.
Also some file systems have size limits, not often well documented. Then other file
systems
or operating systems have limits on file size that may haunt you.
I'm sorry for not providing answers, but pose some questions that may help you
find answers to future systems maintenance issues.
- Steve Hathaway
Brando wrote:
> I'm trying to recover my partition. I had it split up my 6GB HD into 2.5GB Windows98
>and
> 3.5GB Linux (Mandrake 7.1). I just recently could not boot up into Linux. I got this
>error
> during bootup:
> > Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:05
>
> So, I was going to just remove the Linux partition and freshly install LM 7.2
> But, when I run Partition Magic Pro 6.0 in DOS, I get Error 105:
> > Error 105 Partition starts on wrong boundary
> >
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From: BO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Triple boot with NT in second drive
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 06:30:08 -0000
Hi,
Thanks for the reply.
I decided to re-format the 1st drive and install all the OS in that and
use the second for data later.
I installed win98 and winnt4.0 as a dual-boot. after installing NT iam not
able to boot windows.
This is the setup of my computer
C: FAT16 500M
D: NTFS 4G WinNT
E: FAT32 6G Win98
win98 was installed first. It worked fine. Then NT was installed to D:
drive. Installation was fine and i could boot to NT. But when i select
windows 98 from the NT loader Screen, it does not boot 98 and it gives an
error 'WIN.com not found' and goes back to DOS screen. Could you please
suggest me some solution.
Thanks.
BO
Rod Smith wrote:
>
> [Posted and mailed]
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> BO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Hi Rod,
> >
> > Thanks much for your reply. I will give you more details of my setup.
I
> > have Drive C partitioned into two and have win98 in FAT-32 partition
in
> > Drive C, and Linux in the second partition. I have connected my second
> > drive as 'slave' to the drive C. Both are in Primary IDE channel.
> >
> > I cannot use the second method that you mentioned because i have FAT-
32.
> > so if i have to go by your first suggestion of having 98 and NT in
primary
> > partition, how should i go about it? Iam quite new to this
installation
> > thing. your help will be greatly appreciated.
>
> If you have sufficient free space on your first drive, I suggest
> repartitioning so that you've got two primary partitions: One for Win98
> (FAT-32) and one for WinNT (probably NTFS). (Linux will be on either a
> third primary partition or a logical partition -- whichever way it is
> now.) The simplest way to do this is to use a dynamic partition resizer,
> like PartitionMagic or FIPS. If Linux is on a primary partition, this
> operation may change its partition number, so be careful when you do it.
>
> After repartitioning, you can install NT on the first disk. You can then
> use the second disk for Windows programs (both Win98 and NT), Linux
> programs, etc. Depending upon how much space you're using, you might
> want to move some files from the first disk to the second.
>
> If your space on the first disk is really tight, you can still do as I
> suggest, but make the new primary partition very small (say, 50MB). Then
> when you install NT, tell it to put the WINNT directory on a D: (or E:
> or whatever) partition that exists on the new drive. (You'll probably
> have to create this partition during installation.) This will keep Win98
> and WinNT separate, but still allow you to put most of the NT files on
> the second physical disk.
>
> --
> Rod Smith, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.rodsbooks.com
> Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration
--
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Fdisk error: no partition table
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 07:43:05 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Peter Bismuti wrote:
>
> I'm trying to put in a new HD and can't get it to work. I've tried using
> the floppy that came with it ( Maxtor ) and I've tried using a Win98 setup
> floppy & cd, and I've gried Redhat and none work.
>
> In REdhat 6.1, I get the following error:
>
> An error occured reading the partition table for the block
> device hda. The error was: No such file or directory
>
> Can this be fixed? Does this mean that the drive is no good?
>
> Thanks
What does the MBR of hda contain?
can you read it with dd?
Is the drive recognized (look in output from dmesg)
Eric
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From: Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP: Dual OS: Win2000 and Redhat 7.0
Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 07:52:50 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Murray Eisenberg wrote:
>
> Something I've read in print or on-line says that the trouble with
> replacing LILO on the MBR, in place of the Windows NT Loader (with an
> NFTS partition for Windows 2000, say) is that some anti-virus programs
> will detect this as a possible virus.
>
Yep, that's one good reason to keep a bootfloppy lying around.
I had this once with norton virusprotection, where I chose "repair MBR"
instead of "inocculate". Gone was LILO. I had a floppy lying around,
(and the installation CD) so I was able to recover easily, but yes, this
is an annoying thing.
Eric
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