On Mon, Dec 18, 2000 at 01:40:35PM -0800, Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > egads, man. don't reinstall an operating system! > > don't you have any spare kernels laying around? i always leave myself at > least 1 other old kernel. > > as for vim, try: > > echo "set textwidth=76" >> $HOME/.vimrc > > p > > On Mon 18 Dec 00, 2:07 PM, q said... > > debs, > > > > in one of my dual-boot deskboxes, i have a kernel panic: > > > > unable to load NLS charset cp 437 > > kernel panic: VFS: unable to mount root fs on 03:03 > > > > my potato on custom kernel 2.2.17 was functioning well until yesterday. > > > > i don't mind a re-install, but i'd really like to know what's going on, as > > this happens like every couple of months to one of my machines. > > > > (i know i have a line-wrap problem w/ vi. when i get some time to learn > > how to fix it, i'll be very happy. until then, my apologies.) > > > > anyway, when i use the rescue disk and mount a partition, i only get the > > choices of /dev/hda1 (wincrap) /dev/hda3 and /dev/hda4. i'm sure i had > > /dev/hda2 (linux) and /dev/hda5 (swap). and when i try to mount > > /dev/hda3-hda4, i get, "invalid argument." > > > > i think i'm screwed; but if anyone has suggestions, please cc me. > > > > ia, t. > > > > bentley taylor. > > > > // > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > Just upgraded to Woody? Don't have permission to run X? linux > In Xwrapper.config, change allowed_users from root to console. - > ------------------------------------------------------------------ ._. > To err is human, to forgive is divine. [EMAIL PROTECTED] /v\ > To moo is bovine, to meow is feline. http://www.dirac.org/p // \\ > ------------------------------------------------------------------ ^^ ^^ > GPG Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D rules
debs, i was booting with floppy, which will still boot one of my potato lapboxes. so, i basically have a hardware prob, right? ia, t. bentley taylor //
