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From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@kryten.Atinc.COM>
Subject: Re: 951104-SNAP install report 
To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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On Wed, 8 Nov 1995, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:

> 
> I'm looking into it now..
> 
> Still, I think you missed my original point.  You said:
> 	"It dies"
> I ask:
> 	"Can you tell me which steps you took which led to the death?"
> You replied:
> 	"I do an FTP.  It packs up."

	jordan, they were two different, separate and distinct cases.
the first one was extremely sparse on data.  i had left the room and 
returned to the machine dead.  ;((   figured it was the slooooow ftp and 
reported it with the very little data i had.

> Can you see how my solicitation for more information went kind of
> unheeded there? :-) Seriously, when I ask for more info I *really
> need* more info or your problem report ends up getting filed to
> /dev/null.
> 
> Fortunately, your second reported problem was more detailed and
> actually gave me something to work on.. :-)
> 

	this time i had more data to provide  ;)))  i can reproduce this 
at will.  if you have any questions or want me to test any floppies, i 
will have to scrounge another disk.  (the other one is on its way to 
being comfigured for the customer)


> 					Jordan
> 

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