John Rye wrote:
>
> Paul wrote:
> >
> > It was Sep 30, 2000, 16:48, when Austin L. Denyer keyboarded:
> >
> > >I remember having many hours of fun with the Z80 as well (actually an
> > >8080A). I had a version of the old arcade game 'Space Invaders' that ran in
> > >under one kilobyte of RAM! E
Where can I find " MM 1.0.12 " app
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Sorry for the extraneous post, I realized later that I had misread the
message.
-rick
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Rick Commo
Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2000 9:25 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [newbie] Where is the elusive "apps"
Dear John:
If you can connect and then suddenly after "starting pppd" your modem
tries to reconnect, then try the following to solve the authentication
problem:
Open /etc/ppp/options in a text editor. You should find just one word in
it, namely, the word "lock". Now add the word "noauth" right b
It was Oct 1, 2000, 16:27, when Rick Commo keyboarded:
>(1) Must one reformat all the ext2 partitions?
Nope. You can select the partition you want to format, even go without any
formatting.
>(2) When Mandrake 7.2 comes out, what will be the best way to *upgrade* (not
>replace) Mandrake 7.1? I s
Paul R wrote:
>
> So what do you use it for?
>
> -Paul R
>
> >
> > Yup and I still have a working 6502 Sym-1 from Synertek (circa 1975)
> >
> > Wouldn't let it go for .. either !!
> >
Runs 24/7, still my only means of burning EPROMS, is the front end of a
security syst
>>1.) The location of the iso image/rpm source that this version of mandrake
>>refers to as "disk 3" (Mandrake 7.1 i386)
Stumbled across the same thing installing packages.
When I inserted the x86 Apps disk it seemed happy and finished the install.
-rick
Yeah I typed umount not un-mount and it still does not
want to let go---oh boy
On Sun, 01 Oct 2000, Bradley D. Thornton wrote:
> umount, not unmount.
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Vic
> > Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2000 6:50 PM
So what do you use it for?
-Paul R
>
> Yup and I still have a working 6502 Sym-1 from Synertek (circa 1975)
>
> Wouldn't let it go for .. either !!
>
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Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger.
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Marc Popejoy wrote:
>
> I started out with MD 6, first distro I could ever get loaded, worked
> great and pried me away from Warp 4. When MD 7 came out I purchased it
> and loaded it, but could never get the dialer to connect. In the mean
> time I ran a cross a copy of 2.4 Open linux, loaded it
Thank you so much for your help, Anthony, Adam, and Micheal! That was
great! Wow! WHat a rush! And how easy! It's really pretty empowering
for a newbie to compile their first program like that! At least for me
it was. RPM's may be easier, but I really wanted to see how it was
done. Perhaps
On Sun, 01 Oct 2000, you wrote:
> -Original Message-
>
> >>During the 7.1 (also 7.2) install you'll be able to choose
> >> to keep your existing partitions, and which ones you want to
> >> format. So you don't need to uninstall RH, just select all your
> >> ext2 partitons for re-format
I have Linux Mandrake 7.2beta3 with Security set to HIGH and installed
with the Custom Server Option. I want to be able to play music from my cd
drive let alone view files from my floppy. Please help. All these options
worked before when I had security set to Medium and opted for the Custom
The problem today is that most programmers write for a wide set of hardware.
That is what has a lot of developers excited about MS's XBox gaming console.
It uses PC parts and is standarized. They can write for the metal
(err..silicon) instead of having to use hardware abstraction layers. That
i
Erylon Hines wrote:
>
> On Sun, 01 Oct 2000, Carroll Grigsby wrote:
> > Rick:
> > In reply to your second question, yes, 7.1 does have an upgrade option.
> > I used it to move from 7.0 -- it took a long, long time -- hours as
> > opposed to the 45 minutes or so that it took to install 7.0. Since
On Sun, 01 Oct 2000, Carroll Grigsby wrote:
> Rick:
> In reply to your second question, yes, 7.1 does have an upgrade option.
> I used it to move from 7.0 -- it took a long, long time -- hours as
> opposed to the 45 minutes or so that it took to install 7.0. Since there
> wasn't all that much non-
umount, not unmount.
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Vic
> Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2000 6:50 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [newbie] umount -o loop or what?
>
>
> Hey list.
>
> How does one go about unmounting an image file
Hey list.
How does one go about unmounting an image files from
the dir that was created for it without it saying
all the time its busy?
I had to destructively rip it apart to unmount it
rather than umount /directory
I can mount -o loop /directory imagefile.img
but I cannot undo it.
Thanks
Okay,
Of course the best way to for you to do this is with ifconfig. type man
ifconfig for the instructions. But given that you seem to lack an adequate
understanding of IP routing maybe the best thing instead is to go through
the GUI, which I DO NOT think is a good idea, although I will address
Hi,
I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has
had similar problems to that described below with the current 7.1 ISO
images ?
Its a very frustrating
problem
Thanks
<2>==
Gary..I'd like to know why you get that error as well. I
have 7.1
What you're refering to is booting into run level 3 as opposed to run level
5. You can do either one, but need to make sure that the daemons started for
each run level are the same, assuming that is what you want.
Look under /etc/rc.d/... to check what you will be starting. You'll see an
rc3.d an
Ozz:
Can't resist it --
I once had a boss who claimed that he learned to program in octal. The
hard part was punching the holes in the cards with a nail file.
(oh well, it is labeled off-topic, right..)
-- Carroll
"Austin L. Denyer" wrote:
>
> It also helps for programming. Those of us who can
I seem to get the impression in my readings that booting into console (text)
mode and then starting X by startx uses up less memory than booting directly
into GUI - but I may have misunderstood because it was not stated very
clearly. Is there any truth in that?
Thanks.
Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTEC
Hello,
I d/l'd the ISO images as per instructions and burned CDs and then did the
install.
The docs on the website only mention the "Inst" and "Ext" CDs, yet the
install script as well as rpmdrake keeps asking for a "Disk 3". This would
be the "Apps" disk I presume, and disks 1 and 2 would be th
On 1 Oct 2000, at 14:41, Austin L. Denyer wrote:
> Here is the 'official' definition, according to the Hacker Jargon
> File:
>
> =
> hacker: n. [originally, someone who makes furniture with an axe] 1. A
erm, I didna see "Golf" mentioned anywhere in there...
--
R. Ed
i use dsl, and i am having a hard time understanding the configuration on the
networking part. i'm not sure if found my actual network card. but it shows a network
card adapter. no name though. geez this is so frustrating. but all i know is that
Mandrake 7.1 was easier to install rather than th
Rick:
In reply to your second question, yes, 7.1 does have an upgrade option.
I used it to move from 7.0 -- it took a long, long time -- hours as
opposed to the 45 minutes or so that it took to install 7.0. Since there
wasn't all that much non-distro stuff on the drive, it might have been a
better
Roxane Bennett wrote:
>
> I just installed Linux-mandrake 6.0 and once I'm in the desktop
> environment about 2 to 5 minutes later the system freezes on me. I can't
> open a program for very long without it freezing up on me. Why is it
> using so much RAM? I have 64MB of RAM. What can I do to op
I started out with MD 6, first distro I could ever get loaded, worked
great and pried me away from Warp 4. When MD 7 came out I purchased it
and loaded it, but could never get the dialer to connect. In the mean
time I ran a cross a copy of 2.4 Open linux, loaded it with no
connection problems.
markOpoleO wrote:
>
> I heard someone mentioning they up ugraded from 2.2.15 kernel to 2.2.16 by
> just downloading some RPM files..i looked everywere and can not locate these
> files. I looked at ftp.mandrake.com, rmfind.net, and any other place i
> could think of. Could someone give me the co
Goldenpi wrote:
>
> Sound like me. My obsession with getting every possable flop from my
> notebook is getting me in deep to windows 98. I have even gone to the length
> of removeing the icon for c:\mydocu~1 to save the time loading up. I have
> gone so far as to disable the warning that appears
-Original Message-
>>During the 7.1 (also 7.2) install you'll be able to choose to
>>keep your existing partitions, and which ones you want to format.
>>So you don't need to uninstall RH, just select all your ext2
>>partitons for re-formatting during the Mandrake install
This raises
>
> Select xterm Konsole. It has extra options. Click on xterm, right-click
> in the middle of xterm.
> Just to the right should appear a dropdown menu. Choose Schema and
> ensure that you have placed a check mark next to one of the option.
> Select Save Options. Close xterm and restart it. Tha
From: "Jose" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, October 02, 2000 12:08 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Re: Gateway Solo 9300 XL and Mandrake
> From: "Jose" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2000 11:42 PM
> Subject: [new
Charles A Edwards wrote:
>
>I hate to disagree with Alan but I support markO,s view.
[snip]
Charleswhat makes you think we disagree?
Alan
Jon Doe wrote:
>
> Everytime I set the background transparency and then save current settings, the
> next time I open eterm its back to the black screen. I had at one time eterm
> setup so a different background was displyed each time I opened Eterm.
> Can anyone tell me how to get back to this?
From: "Jose" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2000 11:42 PM
Subject: [newbie] Re: Gateway Solo 9300 XL and Mandrake
>
> From: "Fernando F." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Jose" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2000 11:54 PM
> S
subscribe newbie
Everytime I set the background transparency and then save current settings, the
next time I open eterm its back to the black screen. I had at one time eterm
setup so a different background was displyed each time I opened Eterm.
Can anyone tell me how to get back to this?
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Fatal Error: Found
it should already be mounted or atleast mine was when i installed linux,
try cd /mnt/windows/Program%Files
im not sure about the % it is only because unix based systems dont recognize
spaces in a folder name
In a message dated 01-Oct-00 16:48:35 Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
From: "Fernando F." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Jose" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2000 11:54 PM
Subject: Gateway Solo 9300 XL and Mandrake
> Hi
>
> I also have a gateway solo 9300 xl and have the same problem when trying
> to install mandrake. Im also looking for a solution. If i
In a message dated 01-Oct-00 17:21:18 Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
<< ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrake-devel/cooker/cooker/Mandrake/RPMS/ >>
im not sure which rpms i will need
can you give me a list of required rpms i will need to upgrade???
> I read that Netscape is quite a memory hog (worst after X ). In my reading
> it was suggested that I try w3m instead but with no mention of what w3m is
> or where to find it.
>
> Anyone know?
It's somewhat worse than a memory hog, it's got memory leaks, meaning that if
you load it, use i
I read that Netscape is quite a memory hog (worst after X ). In my reading
it was suggested that I try w3m instead but with no mention of what w3m is
or where to find it.
Anyone know?
Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Registered Linux user 183185
I am a newbie too but I found a lot of useful information on the topic at
www.mandrakeuser.org
which I just discovered.
Hope that helps.
Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Registered Linux user 183185
- Original Message -
From: Roxane Bennett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sen
From: "Larry Marshall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Sent:
Sunday, October 01, 2000 2:58 AMSubject: Re: [newbie] Gateway Solo 9300 XL
LCD screen>> > How do you change the settings for
X under the command line? I have noclue.> > I have been
looking in all the available folders b
> I have a scale:
>
> Hacker elite
> advanced hacker
> good hacker
> Basic hacker
> script kiddie who knows their a script kiddie<-I am here,
> boardering basic hacker.
> Adv script kiddie
> Script kiddie
> Wannabe
>
> Of course, those rate only skill. They say nothing about how the
> ha
> For an example of tight (and I mean TRICKY TIGHT! ) aquire and reverse
> engineer the original Microsoft BASIC. What had been around 48K on the
> PDP-11 was packed into a 4k ROM.
>
> A trully brilliant bit of optimising of existing code segments.
Neat!
My record was re-writing a set of applic
> Ha! I know tricks like that one too! I had a machine like that, and wrote
> a simple but functioning accounting system in it :)
One of my colleagues once tried to write a program to calculate the
performance characteristics of large-bore oil hoses, and ran out of memory
on a 16k machine. I t
> I set a seperate home partition, and I set it to 500mi. It sounded like a
> good idea at the time. Now, can I shrink it to 50mi
If you have no data and/or have no programs of your own that you run from your
home directory, I suppose you could. I guess I would wonder what you use your
compu
Hi Mark,
I'm still trying to set up Pine with Fetchmail. For now, I am using
Netscape 4.75.
Any @Home cable users out there that have successfully set up Pine and
Fetchmail.
I welcome any .png files to see how you set up Pine and Fetchmail
There seems to be some confusion about the server name,
Quick one.
I set a seperate home partition, and I set it to 500mi. It sounded like a
good idea at the time. Now, can I shrink it to 50mi and if I can what should
I do with the extra space? I know how to mount it but not how to mount it as
something useful like /bin or /usr without loseing whateve
I have a scale:
Hacker elite
advanced hacker
good hacker
Basic hacker
script kiddie who knows their a script kiddie<-I am here, boardering
basic hacker.
Adv script kiddie
Script kiddie
Wannabe
Of course, those rate only skill. They say nothing about how the
hacker/cracker uses that skill
markOpoleO escribió:
> I got MD7.1 installed and was wondering how do i find out about the
> hardrive, like Size, Space used, space avaliable?
>
> markOpoleO
Try df (Disk Free)...
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I got MD7.1 installed and was wondering how do i find out about the
hardrive, like Size, Space used, space avaliable?
markOpoleO
Dennis Myers wrote:
>
> John Rye wrote:
> >
> > Dennis Myers wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi all, this is probably not a common problem, but, when I get a voice
> > > message on my phone line, the phone signals with a stutter tone on
> > > picking up the receiver. This fools KPPP into thinking there is no
It was Oct 1, 2000, 10:07, when Riker keyboarded:
>I joined the list a couple days ago and have been enjoying the dialouge and
>exchanges that have taken place very much. I will ask my question first and
>then give some background afterward if anyone is interested in reading it.
>
>Will Linux-Ma
> I've downloaded and compiled this kernel instead of 2.2.15 that comes
> with Mandrake 7.1, and answerd yes to the "supermount removable media
> support" question. On startup it says it's disabling supermount and so
> it is; instead of filesystem type supermount i see iso9660 in
> /etc/fst
Hallo again!
I've downloaded and compiled this kernel instead of 2.2.15 that comes
with Mandrake 7.1, and answerd yes to the "supermount removable media
support" question. On startup it says it's disabling supermount and so
it is; instead of filesystem type supermount i see iso9660 in
/etc/fstab
Hi,
I have a problem when I want to run a windows program.
I do not have any windows HD on my system, but I have a windows
program I need to run.
I have no problem to run it as "root", but as a simple user, it
doesn't want to run. Each time I have a message saying something like
that :
"You must
Hi all,
I signed on a couple of days ago and have learnt a lot so far.
Anyone out there set up Mandrake 7.1 on a Toshiba laptop or
similar (mine is satellite 2550CDT Cel. 366, 64mb, 4Gb) - I just want
some idea of possible pitfalls before I start off.
It will have to be dual boot for now - I
Tom:
Thanks for the info. I appreciate you taking the time.
John
During the 7.1 (also 7.2)
install you'll be able to choose to
keep your existing partitions, and which ones you want to format.
So you don't need to uninstall RH, just select all your ext2
partitons for re-formatting duri
Oh yeah, eesh, I almost forgot, when I was a
windoze user, I heard the term hacker used
and I thought it meant devoted programmer,
which I was used to hearing in my unix days
(I was only 5 but learning, then my dad
changed computer systems, no more unix,
for a long time-- DOH!)
and I heard "hac
John Rye wrote:
>
> Dennis Myers wrote:
> >
> > Hi all, this is probably not a common problem, but, when I get a voice
> > message on my phone line, the phone signals with a stutter tone on
> > picking up the receiver. This fools KPPP into thinking there is no dial
>
> How about prefixing the ac
One can opt to have Mandrake format the partitions,
but not remove them during the first part of the install,
please e mail back if you need any more info.
Hope this helps.
Vic
On Sun, 01 Oct 2000, GlacierTrek wrote:
> Hey folks. . .
>
> About a year ago, I partitioned my handdrive and install
Greetings, everyone:
My name is Riker.
I joined the list a couple days ago and have been enjoying the dialouge and
exchanges that have taken place very much. I will ask my question first and
then give some background afterward if anyone is interested in reading it.
Will Linux-Mandrake, with on
> Would someone on the list be kind enough to walk me through the
> necessary steps for uninstalling Redhat from my PC, yet keeping
> the existing partition for Linux intact (I'm also using Windows
> 95) in preparation for a clean installation of Mandrake 7.1 ?
> John Gasbarre
> Vinalhaven Isla
You are both very correct, however, I used to the term "hacker" because
this "is" a newbie list and most people readily understand the term more
quickly than they do "cracker."
--
Mark
** =/\= No Penguins were harmed
On Sun, 01 Oct 2000, you wrote:
> Hey folks. . .
>
> About a year ago, I partitioned my handdrive and installed a copy of Redhat
> 5.2 on my PC. I've spent very little time fooling with it since. I've now
> decided that I'd really like to learn Linux but would rather do so via
> Mandrake 7.
On Sat, 30 Sep 2000, you wrote:
> Hear, Hear, or Here, Here !! Thanks for some common sense ! I'm Canadian,
> and and I'm sick to death of this crap!
> - Original Message -
> From: "Mark Weaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2000 9:36 AM
> Su
I hate to disagree with Alan but I support markO,s view.
I just last week upgraded the drives in 1 of my systems. I put in 2 15GB
IBM 7200rpm ATA/100 drives ($104 each) and a Promise
Ultra100 PCI Controller Card ($35).
Should I choose I can now hook up 8 IDE devices to that system,
4 to
> you suggested running Xconfigurator from the command
> line to change my settings.
>
> Thanks, tried that, unfortunately when I ran
> Xconfigurator my monitor goes dark immediately (just
Sorry but my msg was a followup to Paul's and he suggested that you install a
low-res X installation
> Would someone on the list be kind enough to walk me through the necessary
> steps for uninstalling Redhat from my PC, yet keeping the existing
> partition for Linux intact (I'm also using Windows 95) in preparation for a
It's easy...don't worry about it. Just run the Mandrake install a
> make -f makefile_clm_config.h
>
> The Message of Linux:
> makefile_clm_config.h: the file or directory doesn't exist
> no rule to make target "makefile_clm_config.h". Stop.
>
> What's wrong?
It would seem from the document you've provided (great idea), the name of the
makefile is clm_
> I seem to remember that both less and more are reliant on the line count
> which is set in the config files somewhere - can't remember where that
> setting is - termcap??
John...at first blush it seems more dynamic than that. I just opened a xindow
and did an ls -al /usr/bin | less
Paul wrote:
>
> It was Sep 30, 2000, 16:48, when Austin L. Denyer keyboarded:
>
> >I remember having many hours of fun with the Z80 as well (actually an
> >8080A). I had a version of the old arcade game 'Space Invaders' that ran in
> >under one kilobyte of RAM! Eat yer heart out, Mr. Gates...
It was Oct 1, 2000, 10:33, when Matt Usselmann keyboarded:
>Paul/Larry
>
>you suggested running Xconfigurator from the command
>line to change my settings.
>
>Thanks, tried that, unfortunately when I ran
>Xconfigurator my monitor goes dark immediately (just
>as it did in the last bit of the Linux
Paul/Larry
you suggested running Xconfigurator from the command
line to change my settings.
Thanks, tried that, unfortunately when I ran
Xconfigurator my monitor goes dark immediately (just
as it did in the last bit of the Linux install
sequence). I then have to reboot to get out of that
one.
s
On Sun, 01 Oct 2000, you wrote:
> Hello Fellow Linux Users,
> Is there any disk fragmentation tool in Linux? Thank you.
>
> --
> Warm regards,
> Vinay mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Hi Vinay,
Liinux does this automatically after a certain number of boots so you ne
At 01-10-2000 04:12 AM, you wrote:
> about how one would uninstall Redhat and install another Linux
>distribution such as Mandrake 7.1.
Hi,
If you want to install Mandrake over RedHat, just boot your computer with
the boot disk from Mandrake (or a pure DOS boot disk). Proceed with
Mandr
Hey folks. . .
About a year ago, I partitioned my handdrive and installed a copy of Redhat
5.2 on my PC. I've spent very little time fooling with it since. I've now
decided that I'd really like to learn Linux but would rather do so via
Mandrake 7.1 rather than upgrading to a newer version o
I know many users dual-boot with Linux/some Windog variant, but is it possible
to setup a small, 2nd HD with DR-DOS as the OS? This would let me run some
older DOS games... ;-)
Thanks in advance!
--
John Rye wrote:
>
> Jose wrote:
> >
> > Under the command line the command ls sometimes brings information onto the
> > screen which doesn't fit on it. Funny as it might seem, even the ls --help
> > command does the same, so I can never get to see all the information. I
> > tried ls¦more and ls¦l
It was Sep 30, 2000, 16:48, when Austin L. Denyer keyboarded:
>I remember having many hours of fun with the Z80 as well (actually an
>8080A). I had a version of the old arcade game 'Space Invaders' that ran in
>under one kilobyte of RAM! Eat yer heart out, Mr. Gates...
Ha! I know tricks like t
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I am trying to install the bttv driver in my computer (I have an Avermedia TV98
> and under windows98 I can watch very well the TV and decode C+ (Spain) and with
> Cable Crypt a lot of cable chanels.
Hi there. BTTV is already installed as part of the latest
It was Oct 1, 2000, 01:45, when fireman71 keyboarded:
>When using "rpm -Uvv rpm-name-here.rpm" to update any RPM i get the followingerror
>message:
>
>error getting record /bin/sh from //var/lib/rpm/requiredby.rpm
It would be a good time for you to rebuild the rpm database.
Run
rpm --rebuild
It was Oct 1, 2000, 02:41, when Jose keyboarded:
>Under the command line the command ls sometimes brings information onto the
>screen which doesn't fit on it. Funny as it might seem, even the ls --help
>command does the same, so I can never get to see all the information. I
>tried lsmore and lsle
It was Sep 30, 2000, 23:38, when Vinay Kudithipudi keyboarded:
>Hello Fellow Linux Users,
> Is there any disk fragmentation tool in Linux? Thank you.
Nope. Linux takes care of that by itself. The file system is set up not to
defragment.
Paul
--
Yesterday it worked.
Today nothing is workin
I have a
Micron 450 PII
128 Megs of ram
Diamond Viper 550
and a bunch of other *hitola that I don't think I need to mention but
in the installation during the X configuration it recommends Riva 128 but
it SEEMS it should be recommending RIVA TNT or Diamond 550. I try to set
it to those and I get e
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