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Re: And now for something completely different... etch!



On Thu, 2005-06-09 at 09:25 +1000, Matthew Palmer wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 01:13:16AM +0200, Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña wrote:
> > to find their own (sometimes flawed) solution to a very common problem. 
> 
> Years using Linux: 10.
> 
> Times I've absolutely needed an X-less boot when an XDM was installed: 0.
> 
> How common was that problem you were trying to solve, again?

Its not frequency but impact. In, oh, 94, I had a linux box that started
hard locking when the *DM started. Having a X-less, networked startup
config in lilo was a life saver.

The cost of having a networked, X-less rc level is pretty darn low. Why
do you not want one ?

Rob

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