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- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
- Path: sparky!uunet!gator!larry
- From: larry@gator.rn.com (Larry Snyder)
- Subject: Re: Overflow warnings (SCO SV3.2)
- Message-ID: <Bxxqq3.F44@gator.rn.com>
- Organization: The Gator Conferencing System 219-289-3745
- References: <1992Nov12.175016.7295@openage.openage.com> <BxnKJu.9DF@world.std.com> <48@shady.UUCP>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 23:32:26 GMT
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- kevin@shady.UUCP (Kevin Smith) writes:
-
- >Relinking the kernal and installing the new unix automatically creates
- >/unix.old. This is fine unless you screw up the kernel twice in a row
- >and have nothing to boot. This is where the /unix.good can save the day.
-
- Dell comes with a unix.ok which is a kernel with just about
- everything enabled -- but it boots .. Also, with Dell SVR4
- it's possible to boot the distribution boot floppy and hit
- system administration at the first prompt -- then you can mount
- the hard drives and work on the boot drive
-
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