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.
>
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