Problems with Slackware

Shaun Oliver shauno at goanna.net.au
Mon Sep 10 06:22:54 EDT 2001


well, if I were to have a hd crash, I'd just have to start from scratch
but it still ain't that much of a headache. I don't have to worry about
getting sited assistance lol..



Shaun..

Cat, n.:
	Lapwarmer with built-in buzzer.

Email: shauno at goanna.net.au

On Sun, 9 Sep 2001, Gregory Nowak wrote:

> 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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