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From: ericw@janis.UUCP (Eric Wedaa)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: general warning on Ultrix 4.2 (preinstalled)
Keywords: ultrix 4.2 backups preinstall
Message-ID: <123@janis.UUCP>
Date: 13 Jun 91 20:37:45 GMT
Organization: Basys, Sunnyvale, CA
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I just received my 5100 with Ultrix 4.2 preinstalled with all of the 
supported subsets.  In the act of deleting some of the subsets I didn't
need or want for that machine, I managed to lock up the console!  Silly 
me, when that happens to me in single user mode I hit the halt button and 
reboot.  This time I managed to munge the system up totally so that it 
wouldn't even reboot!  The error message was something to the effect of

	CPU 0: init failed

The system would not reboot with any of the three kernels on root (vmunix,
vmunix.old, or genvmunix)


MORAL: Just as a side note, (word to the wise and all that...) is that after 
you get Ultrix (or any unix) up and running, IMMEDIATELY do a full backup.
No matter how slow a restore is, a full install is even slower!

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