Re: [LUAU] CentOS4 Hung on Up2date

2005-07-13 Thread Angela Kahealani
On Wednesday 13 July 2005 09:35, R. Scott Belford wrote: > On Friday 08 July 2005 08:39 pm, Blake Vance wrote: > > - > > BV: Not to appear picky, but what kind of horsepower are we talking > > about? > > PIII 500-600 mhz. http://arcticsilver.com/diode_calibration.htm You can compute the Horsepowe

Re: [LUAU] CentOS4 Hung on Up2date

2005-07-13 Thread R. Scott Belford
On Friday 08 July 2005 08:39 pm, Blake Vance wrote: > - > BV: Not to appear picky, but what kind of horsepower are we talking about? PIII 500-600 mhz. > > Frustration is always welcome > - > BV: Not from the end of the frustratee Yes, but you are persisting. For that you will be rewarded. --s

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

Re: [LUAU] CentOS4 Hung on Up2date

2005-07-07 Thread Michael Bishop
On Thursday, July 7, 2005, at 10:37 AM, Blake Vance wrote: Youch! Older NEC 333 MHz, 192 MB RAM PC had been chugging along with CentOS 4 until I ran up2date. After retrieving all 119 MB of openoffice.org-il8n-1.1.2..., PC hung (mouse/KB nonresponsive). Reboot yielded "Press to select MBA boot

Re: [LUAU] CentOS4 Hung on Up2date

2005-07-07 Thread R. Scott Belford
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 Linux tech consulting work. Wayne First

Re: [LUAU] CentOS4 Hung on Up2date

2005-07-07 Thread Hawaii Linux Institute
Looks like your MBR might have been corrupted. This should not have happened, but CentOS 4 yum update once corrupted my "rpm" package. I still couldn't figure out how that happened. Before you take the easy way out by reinstalling the CentOS, I suggest you try to repair the MBR using the eme

Re: [LUAU] CentOS4 Hung on Up2date

2005-07-07 Thread Tom Gordon
Blake Vance wrote: Youch! Older NEC 333 MHz, 192 MB RAM PC had been chugging along with CentOS 4 until I ran up2date. After retrieving all 119 MB of openoffice.org-il8n-1.1.2..., PC hung (mouse/KB nonresponsive). Reboot yielded "Press to select MBA boot method [2 options] (Default is PXE

[LUAU] CentOS4 Hung on Up2date

2005-07-07 Thread Blake Vance
Youch! Older NEC 333 MHz, 192 MB RAM PC had been chugging along with CentOS 4 until I ran up2date. After retrieving all 119 MB of openoffice.org-il8n-1.1.2..., PC hung (mouse/KB nonresponsive). Reboot yielded "Press to select MBA boot method [2 options] (Default is PXE)". Option 1 for boo