Re: [LUAU] CentOS4 Hung on Up2date

2005-07-08 Thread Blake Vance
On 8 Jul 2005 at 9:35, R. Scott Belford wrote: On Friday 08 July 2005 01:32 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Well, there is much to ponder from all your input, thanks. It's not leading > to much faith in the few users I'm been able to convince to try Linux (or > the rubberneckers) when I reinstall t

Re: [LUAU] CentOS4 Hung on Up2date

2005-07-08 Thread Vince Hoang
On Fri, Jul 08, 2005 at 01:32:06AM -1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Well, there is much to ponder from all your input, thanks. > It's not leading to much faith in the few users I'm been > able to convince to try Linux (or the rubberneckers) when I > reinstall the OS (my own lacking) or switch to

Re: [LUAU] CentOS4 Hung on Up2date

2005-07-08 Thread R. Scott Belford
On Friday 08 July 2005 01:32 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Well, there is much to ponder from all your input, thanks. It's not leading > to much faith in the few users I'm been able to convince to try Linux (or > the rubberneckers) when I reinstall the OS (my own lacking) or switch to > another di

Re: [LUAU] CentOS4 Hung on Up2date

2005-07-08 Thread Hawaii Linux Institute
Again, the problem you described is a typical MBR related problem, your system was trying to find the harddisc b/f the latter was ready. It could have happened to Windows. But when it happened to Linux, it became a crime. SPARC machines have an open boot PROM which is designed to minimize

Re: [LUAU] CentOS4 Hung on Up2date

2005-07-08 Thread BVance
Well, there is much to ponder from all your input, thanks. It's not leading to much faith in the few users I'm been able to convince to try Linux (or the rubberneckers) when I reinstall the OS (my own lacking) or switch to another distro. I was trying to build up more experience with the CentOS 4 d

Re: [LUAU] CentOS4 Hung on Up2date

2005-07-08 Thread Michael Bishop
On Thursday, July 7, 2005, at 08:19 PM, Hawaii Linux Institute wrote: I don't have time to go through the detailed steps, but you may want to bring your computer to Michael's lab. He has generously set up a time slot of between 10:00 to 12:00 this (probably every) Saturday doing pro bono Linu