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Subject: Re: Kernel not stable ? 
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Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 04:54:26 -0800
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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
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> Then one day there was a sudden power failure. When I on the server again 
> I couldn't login. The login prompt won't allow me to type anything. I 

Reinstall this system completely and format the hard drives while
you're at it, just to be safe.

If there was a power failure and the machine stopped working the way
it used to, then that's a sure sign that "something" got deleted or
corrupted in the process, and ince figuring out what that "something"
might have been could take you anywhere from a day to a month, it's a
lot faster to simply back up your important files and install it
again.

And put this machine on a UPS, for god's sake! :-)

					Jordan