#Actually, flashing '888' means "*CRASH*BANG*I'M DEAD*". ;)
#It's bad to see that before it hits software....
According to the tech we spoke with, 888 is the equivalent of 'I can't
find any hardware because I can't find an OS because I can't find the
hardware so I can't find the OS because I can't find the hardware'. We
had to call Megadrive and get the replacement controller shipped priority,
which took about a day. (Never buy a used Megadrive Megastack5. The
internal SCSI has a tendency to fail. No data is lost, just time.)
#I like the device number based scheme someon proposed.
I musta missed that. It's WAY too hot today (I had to kill half my
monitors) and I think I'm suffering from dehydration again. ;P
However, a device-number based scheme is EXCELLENT. Another alternative...
http://slashdot.org/articles/9842220368.shtml
http://slashdot.org/articles/98420201929.shtml
These are two articles on slashdot (my PERMANENT startpage;) about a small
LCD display that you hook up to a Linux box, and it displays system stats.
This could EASILY be modified so that it can be used as a diagnostic for a
headless system at boot. :)
Also, another interesting slashdot quickie...
Slashdot Poll
The Answer to the Linux Bootlogo Debate:
(*)Logo by Default
( )No Logo by Default
( )Just Leave it Alone
( )Who Cares?
Vote [ Results | Polls ] [INLINE]
Go vote. NOW. :) http://slashdot.org/ :) :) :)
-Phil R. Jaenke (kernel@nls.net / prj@nls.net)
TheGuyInCharge(tm), Ketyra Designs - We get paid to break stuff :)
Linux pkrea.ketyra.INT 2.0.33 #15 Sat Apr 18 00:40:21 EDT 1998 i586
Linux eiterra.nls.net 2.0.33 #15 Fri Apr 17 00:22:13 EDT 1998 i586
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