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Date: Fri, 11 Apr 1997 21:45:27 -0700
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> I was upgrading to 2.2.1 release from 2.1.7 release and on two occassions I
> had strange failures :-?  On both occasions I was forced to shutdown and
> boot /kernel.prev in order to replace my /etc dir. .

You don't give any actual details to go on, so for generic "strange
failures" I can only recommend a priest.  If you want a tech to help
you with it, you need to give details. :-)

> After login: root I recieved some mighty strange messages. One was about bed
> time stories that nightmares are made of ( I guess that was appropriate) the

I think that was just fortune running.  It does by default for new users,
I think.

					Jordan