Problems with Slackware

[Gregory Nowak]

What if you have an hd crash?
Then all your config files and your distro are gone.
Greg


On Sun, Sep 09, 2001 at 08:48:32PM +1000, Shaun Oliver wrote:
> Hi there. I've found that if I really want to get out of trouble the most
> painless way of doing things is to just reformat and start from
> scratch. In my case, I have all my configuration files backed up on a
> 200Mb fat32 partition on this drive I use for linux so if I run into
> trouble I can just restore my settings soon after an install.
> just out of interest, it took me less than 2 hours about a week aago to
> reformat and reinstall slackware 7.1.
> Try doing that with windows. I garentee you can't.
> 
> 
> 
> Shaun..
> 
> Cat, n.:
> 	Lapwarmer with built-in buzzer.
> 
> Email: shauno at goanna.net.au
> 
> On Sat, 8 Sep 2001, Thomas D. Ward wrote:
> 
> > Hi, list. I just downloaded the new speakup.i image from the Speakup ftp
> > site, and installed the kernel to my Slackware 8 partition.
> > My floppy and cdrom are now working fine. However, I am still not getting
> > ppp nor is my built in  zip drive working.
> > The ppp problem is that I get a kernel error stating that I do not have ppp
> > kernel support. I believe I have the proper modules loading in rc.modules,
> > but  still no ppp.
> > My zip drive error is that it keeps telling INVALAD FILE TYPE> I typically
> > have used type vfat, and it worked fine, but since installing Slackware it
> > won't use vfat.Thus it won't mount the zip drive which has files on it I
> > need to backup from the Red Hat installation which I formated to make space
> > for Slackware.
> > Ok, now if someone can help me with these problems any help is welcome. Also
> > I still want to get sound, and perhaps some advice on building a 2.2.19
> > kernel designed for my main computer.
> > Does Speakup need any cvs patches to run on 2.2.19, or will the .10-a
> > version work fine?
> > 
> > 
> > 
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