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Re: [svlug] Linux 5.1



> Ira> other additions include a redhat-optimized linuxconf (much more
> Ira> powerfull and mature than control-panel, and covers almost all
> Ira> its functions plus a lot more) with interfaces in curses, tk and
> Ira> gnome. other than that it looks very much like 5.0...

> I don't think that we are answering javilk's question, though.  I
> think that he is wondering if there is enough benefit in even _having_ 
> the updates / changes to justify spending the $$$.  I am not sure.  

    Exactly.  I have the problem with the -2 error on trying reload 5.0 on
this Hitchi notebook machine, and other problems trying to use an NCR type
interface card on another Pentium machine. (Which SCSI card should I use
again??? Anyone willing to sell me one, or help me exchange what I have at
Fry's? I don't think I can remain standing long enough for those gnomes to
shuffle their paperwork.)

     I just lost my contract due, in part, to missing too much time due to
this medical fiasco that nearly killed me, and am trying to get a few
machines up so that I can try to do some other work that people are asking
about. Also, my server logs analysis service has been down since my 486
suffered what seems to be an End-Of-Life crisis. (Respawning and Seg
faulting.  All I have is this danged non-ethernetted notebook with the
PCMCIA slots not configured right!)
   
    Sooo.... to me, given my losses for the two weeks, $50 is not much to
pay _IF_ 5.1 will help me get up again! (Of course, now it is too late
till Monday to get someone to drive over to Universal CD-ROM to buy me a
copy...) I need to get back up!!!  I have very little energy to do so, but
I am getting better. But I have got to get that income stream going again!

  And my main question, is why the heck am I getting all the deference in
sector mapping between machines, and how deadly is it likely to be???
Fdisk output below sig block. Anyone want to talk about it, I am at
408-983-0518.

- javilk@mall-net.com --------------------------------------------------- 
Our nations second greatest asset (behind our minds,) is the idle time of
our computers.  Let us find a use for it that puts Linux on the map.  
(It will also show  MS Slothware as our Nation's Greatest Folly!) 


   Device Boot   Begin    Start      End   Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1            1        1       17    65992+  83  Linux native
Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:
     phys=(130, 15, 63) logical=(16, 47, 63)
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary:
     phys=(130, 15, 63) should be (130, 127, 63)
/dev/hda2          132       17      263   992376    5  Extended
Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
     phys=(131, 0, 1) logical=(16, 48, 1)
Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings:
     phys=(1023, 15, 63) logical=(262, 63, 63)
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary:
     phys=(1023, 15, 63) should be (1023, 127, 63)
/dev/hda3         1024      263      525  1058400   83  Linux native
Partition 3 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):
     phys=(1023, 15, 63) logical=(262, 64, 1)
Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings:
     phys=(1023, 15, 63) logical=(524, 127, 63)
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary:
     phys=(1023, 15, 63) should be (1023, 127, 63)
/dev/hda5          132       17       33    64984+  82  Linux swap
/dev/hda6          261       33      160   512032+  83  Linux native
/dev/hda7         1024      160      263   415264+  83  Linux native

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