#include <police.h>
Huh, Since when did this list become a springboard for graduate
(read semi-nonsense) educational counselling and alma mater promo ?
shourya
On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Soumyajit Deb used an e-pen to say :
>-----Original Message-----
>From: aditya Malik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Date: Monday, February 28, 2000 1:22 AM
>Subject: Re: [LI] Help!
>
>
>Hi Aditya,
> Sad you didn't come IIIT. Its the best place to be if u'r really
>interested in IT. I'm in the second year and i've learnt many a thing
> that would have been impossible to do in a conventional college setting.
>In fact we don't have any lab instructors we do everything on our own.
>There's
>so much freedom u can't imagine.
>
>
>btw Hopefully u got u'r comp working by now.
>
>
>Soumyajit Deb
>IIIT Hyderabad
>
>>Hey soumyajit
>>
>>Thanks for the LILO remedy. Will try it out ASAP.
>>
>>Hey how is IIIT-Hyderabad going? I gave up admission there for DCE Mech and
>>I'm always left wondering whether it was the right choice. I also had the
>>chance to go to IIIT-Allahbad. Dunno how that place is doing either..
>>
>>Thanks again
>>
>>Aditya
>>
>>
>>>From: "Soumyajit Deb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>Subject: Re: [LI] Help!
>>>Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2000 22:15:53 +0530
>>>
>>>Hi
>>> Try booting from a boot floppy if you created one.Then login as root.
>>>Edit the /etc/lilo.conf to see if the config is correct. Type a lilo -v
>and
>>>now the pc should boot properly.
>>> if you donot have the floppy boot from the CD, select upgrade when
>>>given
>>>a selection as to install or upgrade. Deselect all packages. The setup
>will
>>>install lilo again and it should work. I've faced the same problem and the
>>>above procedure worked. Seems like there is a bug in lilo that ships with
>>>redhat 6.1. since then i've changed the boot loader to Choose OS from
>lilo.
>>>
>>>Soumyajit Deb
>>>IIIT Hyderabad
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: aditya Malik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>Date: Sunday, February 27, 2000 9:42 PM
>>>Subject: [LI] Help!
>>>
>>>
>>> >Hi
>>> >
>>> >I tried to install Linux today. I have a P-166 (running at 200) w/32 MB
>>>RAM,
>>> >Seagate 2.1 GB champion drive, Cirrus Logic card. I shrunk my FAT32
>>> >partition with fips, made the required partitions for linux, and the
>>> >installation seemed to go alright.
>>> >
>>> >I am using the Red Hat distribution last released on the PCQ CD.
>>> >
>>> >Problem is that after all the installation LILO refuses to boot. It just
>>> >goes till L and then repeats '01 01 01 01 01..' ad infinitum.
>>> >
>>> >I had faced _exactly_ the same problem middle of last year when I had
>>>tried
>>> >to install linux. That was a red hat distribution but diff. version.
>>> >
>>> >Can anyone help me in this regard?
>>> >I would be grateful if anyone who is online right now could reply.
>>> >
>>> >Aditya Malik
>>> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> >
>>> >
>>>
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>
>
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Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Jadavpur University Calcutta, India 700 032
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