>>>>> "bruce" == Bruce Perens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
[...]
> It's not likely that dpkg/dselect put the system in this
> state on its own. Things that wedge the system and then
> make e2fsck not run generally have to do with the shared
> library files containing corrupt data. This could be a
> problem with the data on the disk, or bad RAM. Probably a
> re-install would be a good idea at this point, since the
> data on the disk is suspect.
I agree with that - the next morning e2fsck was able to fix the
problem with no trouble! Sounds like hardware to me. Now all I
have to do is track down the problem.
[...]
> People get upset when I point at hardware, because of
> course Windows 95 runs fine...
Of course, the first thing I did when I got my machine was delete
all that windows 95 stuff. Keeps life simple.
