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Linux, LILO, X etc.
Posted Mar 20, 2001
After removing an apparently useless driver (for a generic 2-button PS/2 mouse - the driver that works completely is a generic 3-button serial mouse), the X server refused to start, and also refused to stop attempting to start, so I wasn't able to use even a virtual terminal. I also had no idea how to turn off graphical login, and I was wanting to reconstitute the single / partition into /, /usr, and /home (because fsck runs quicker at init like that). So I decided to reinstall from scratch. I knew I could probably use rescue mode to disable graphical login, but I didn't know how - I don't even know how to mount any of the partitions because the device files (hd*) don't appear in /dev in rescue mode!
The big problem was not that I was losing lots of data, but that it wasn't my hard drive, and the owner (my dad) needs Windoze installed as well - so a dual-boot system is necessary. I don't want to have to reinstall the whole thing just to get LILO on the MBR, so a boot disc will do for Linux for now. Windoze boots straight from the MBR.
Hopefully I'll have this fixed within a week - but tips are welcome.
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Posted Jan 24, 2001
If you come and look at this page, please leave a note here, because I don't think anyone except St Bob has even seen this page. This is exceptionally annoying because I want to know whot other people think of my idea of the Seven Deadly Sins. A Univerity project, perhaps?
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Sloth
Posted Dec 12, 2000
Since I'm probably the laziest b*****d in the universe, and there doesn't seem to be an article on it already (except for The Edicts of Laziness: http://www.h2g2.com/A179390 which isn't quite the same thing - but very good nonetheless), I'm considering writing an article on laziness. I mean, laziness in itself, and its effects (eg. how it's the reason that I'm almost completely skint). I think I'll abandon the idea of an article on Waterlooville as I'm too lazy to do the research, but I already know an awful lot about laziness without havong to do any extra work...
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