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Mon 14/01/02 at 19:27
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Has anybody experienced any problems downloading updates from Windows Update (http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com)?
I have been unable to download anything for days? I have tried on 2 PC's using windows 98/SE, ME and XP. on one PC i tried a clean install!

I know it's not the most impotant thing in the world but we all know how buggy microsoft software is, so the update helps.

PS I can ACCESS the site but the download/instalation fails, every time.
Thu 17/01/02 at 18:51
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Excellent...
Thu 17/01/02 at 18:42
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Oh alright, fine. I give up. You're too clever for me. I can't win.
Thu 17/01/02 at 18:37
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No, it would just leave /bin/rm

Alternatively, plonk the kernel on a floppy/CD, boot that and mkdir /screwed; mount someoptions /dev/hdfoo /screwed; rm -rf /screwed/*
Thu 17/01/02 at 18:31
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You could, but that would mean that there would still be segments of your old programs/files/folders, which may cause confusion and problems.
Thu 17/01/02 at 08:03
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You could get it to delete everything except /bin/rm, that's probably work.
Wed 16/01/02 at 19:13
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Twain wrote:
[..]

> then it comes to the bit where it has to delete the deleter. It can't do it, because the deleter has deleted some of itself and therefore doesn't have those things left on the disk in order to delete the rest.

Very true..

rm -rf /

It stops about half way through /bin. You're just lucky if you didn't name anything in / that began with an "a" or "b"..
Wed 16/01/02 at 18:34
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No...

The order is:

Floppy
CD-ROM
hda

First it looks for an MBR on the floppy drive, then from the CD-ROM, then finally your primary master HDD. Booting the HDD before the floppy/CD-ROM would just be utterly pointless.
Wed 16/01/02 at 17:06
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Yes, but suppose Windows doesn't boot the new one, because the old one is still recognised?
Tue 15/01/02 at 20:43
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Stop talking crap!

No, really, what do you mean? I've replaced my kernel before, it just builds the new one and when you boot you boot that instead. Then, if you want to, you just delete the old kernel. That's why Windows requires you to reboot sometimes.
Tue 15/01/02 at 20:07
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Turbonnuter'll probably say something like "Stop talking crap!" when he sees my last post!

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