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 debian-user-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > -- 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. p@belial.ucdavis.edu /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
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