RE: OT replies

From: njhrcm.ywcm@lcturbonet.com
Date: Wed Jun 13 2001 - 19:59:22 EEST

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    than the on topic posts have for the last year....

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    >From: Jim Price WW4M[SMTP:terhi.victor@logonet.com]
    >Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 8:20 AM
    >To: The recipient's address is unknown.
    >Cc: terhi.victor@logonet.com
    >Subject: Re: OT replies
    >
    >Please reply off the list when sending followups to the inevitible off
    >topic posts that find there way onto the linux-hams reflector. (Off topic
    >means it's not concerned with ham-related linux questions.)
    >
    >73, Jim WW4M
    >
    >
    >hwhwr.vkmtuqydz@epsbooks.com wrote:
    >>
    >> Is he POSITIVE it's booting into RH and not into Windoze?? Is it a dual
    >> boot system?? Just a thought... And yes, that GPF screen is a
    >> screensaver when using KDE on RH7.1 - fooled me the first time it
    >> happened, then I saw the sad Mac screen and chuckled....
    >>
    >> 73
    >>
    >> .mark
    >>
    >> >----------
    >> >From: KC7ZRU - Tate[SMTP:udsqbxw.sjhwy@mx.dy.fi]
    >> >Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2001 7:53 AM
    >> >To: linux hams
    >> >Subject: GPF on RH 7.1???
    >> >
    >> >Buddy of mine here (KC7UGE) just came into work with a great sob story.
    >> >He's trying to install Redhat 7.1 on an older tweaked out Aptiva. Yea,
    >> >this puppy has been overclocked and pushed to the hilt. CPU is an
    >> >AMD-233 w/80M-o-RAM. BIOS only indicates speed options upto 166. And
    >> >yes, it's running at 233. He tells me the Aptiva's motherboard dosen't
    >> >support any of the AMD CPUs either(?).
    >> >
    >> >Install flies nice. Runs setup to change system services. Does a reboot,
    >> >logs in and walks away from the box for dinner. Comes back and he says
    >> >he's got a black screen with "General Protection Fault" across the top
    >> >and a whole page of hex addresses, cursor blinking at the bottom. He
    >> >swears it wasn't a screen saver. keyboard and mouse un-responsive -
    >> >totally locked up on him. (no idea if he tried Alt+Fx for another
    >> >terminal or not). He power-cycled the box, now it just hangs on
    >> >Initializing eth0. He says he left it there all night long - no change.
    >> >
    >> >This make sense to anyone? I suggested he 'un-tweek' all his stuff and
    >> >start over with his Aptiva configured to original speeds. Ideas?
    >> >
    >> >I coulda sworn the only GPF info on LINUX was the screen saver - he's
    >> >adamant it wasn't a screen saver.
    >> >
    >> >Besides living for unstable hardware, is he smoke'n his socks too? Or
    >> >have I just misunderstood a facet of LINUX?
    >> >
    >> >Thanks!
    >> >
    >> >73
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