Phat and Unhappy
Over the Hump. OK, my PC is about 90% back to what it was before. I do not know why Windows blew up. It had been acting strangely for about a week or two. By that I mean disk I/O slowed to a crawl. Strange error messages about insufficient SPs. Random GPFs of kernel32. And, when I went to reload Win98SE, it said that there appeared to be a disk compression program installed and therefore it would not install.
I assume this last error is related to my earlier experiments with PhatLinux. To recap, PhatLinux appears to use a system similar to what disk compression programs use to create a virtual drive that lives in one huge file. As far as DOS is concerned, it's just another file. But within that file, PhatLinux lives in its own partition. I tried deleting the directory and then re-installing Win98 but it still gave the same error. The last thing I tried was doing a fdisk /mbr. But that didn't work either. So, I ended up formating my C: drive. Fortunately, all of my data resides on D: and, as a backup, on one of our Novell network volumes. Still, I had to reload all of my current applications. Which, for the most part, I've done.
Even though PhatLinux probably didn't cause the root problem (pun intended), it made it more difficult to recover. So, I don't think I'll play with it anymore.
Onward and Upward. Mililani Trask, Office of Hawai'ian Affairs Trustee, is calling for acts of civil disobedience in the form of sit-ins/marches to close down the airports and harbors. I should note that Trask is perhaps the most, how should I put it, outspoken, of the trustees. I doubt most people will listen to her but I thought it would be interesting to note what she is saying. But then again, maybe not.
Merge This. Cap Gemini SA announced agreement to acquire Ernst & Young's consulting business for a reported $11.1 billion USD in cash and stock. Cap Gemini is Europe's biggest computer services company.
Over and Almost Out. Race four of the best of nine America's Cup yachting race ended the same way the first three did. New Zealand comfortably ahead. Today's race (HST) could close the series out if the Kiwi's Black Magic wins.
Oh. By the way. The Lakers beat the Trail Blazers, 90-87 to take sole possession of first place in the National Basketball League. Sorry Doc.
Aloha!