Re: [gentoo-user] Installation problems on AMD64 box

[Iain Buchanan]

Stroller wrote:
>
> On 28 Nov 2008, at 11:56, Iain Buchanan wrote:
>
>> R C Mitchell wrote:
>>> I use Ubuntu for every day but as my box has a spare 40GB hard
>>> disk I decided to have a go at installing Gentoo on it for
>>> evaluation ... I'm in complete denial over this blatant
>>> non-specific hardware fault ...
>
> IFIFY.

IFIFY?

$ wtf IFIFY
IFIFY: nothing appropriate

>
>> hm, this screams hardware fault all over - I haven't seen one issue
>>  like this come to anything else.
>
> +1.

nice to see people agree with me.

>> Usually it's the RAM. Can you humour me and try a stick from
>> another machine, or at least reseat it?
>
> I'm gonna disagree.

oh well, it was nice while it lasted.

>  RAM is like the classic answer, but my recent
> experiences suggest it can be frikkin' anything. I mean, try the RAM
> first, because it's easy, but due to the number of components in the
> average PC I reckon that the statistics say it's something else
> (especially in the case of typical home-build PCs built from parts
> salvaged, donated, scrounged and hung-onto-for-sentimental-reasons
> over the course of several years). The only way to be sure is to
> unplug the USB headers and currently-unused floppy & optical drives,
> then swap out the remaining components one at a time. This is why I
> HATE messing around with hardware.

you're right, of course.

>> but girls don't exist on tha interwebz!
>
> Nevertheless I will indulge in the suspension of my disbelief & be
> extra extra helpful. [1]
>
> Stroller.
>
>
> [1] Perhaps you haven't seen me when I'm being unhelpful?.

yes, we have :p

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