did you happen to open and save them in a M$windows application?
On Tuesday 03 December 2002 12:20 pm, Stormjumper wrote: > running Mkd9.0. > message-text is Ascii text file. > message-graphic is a binary file. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Angus Auld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 12:33 AM > Subject: [newbie] unreadable files? :-/ > > > Greetings, I am having a strange thing happen........ > > I am quite certain that just a couple days ago I was able to read, and > > even edit, a file/s. Now I am not even able to read them. Not as plain text > anyway. They are now being identified as "unknown" type. When I open them, > they are just so much code. :-/ > > > Now, unless I have completely gone off my rocker, something strange is > > happening here.....and I don't know what it is. > > > Could somebody who is running Mdk 9.0 out there have a look in /boot, and > > check the files; message-text or message-graphic, and verify for me whether > they are plain text files that can be read? > > > I have read permission on them, and even as root I get the same thing. > > > > I'm experiencing a glitch with lilo, and am curious about this > > "happening". > > > TIA for any help. > > > > > > > > --Angus > > > > "Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in > > awareness."--James Thurber > > > *********************************************** > > *Reg. Linux User #278931* > > *********************************************** > > *Power by Mandrake Linux 9.0* > > *********************************************** > > > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > > Get your free email from http://mymail.operamail.com > > > > Powered by Outblaze > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >- ---- > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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