>On Wed, Sep 01, 2004 at 03:34:27PM -0500, Jeffrey C. Ollie wrote: >> Maybe, maybe not. My first attempt was to boot into the Windows XP >> partition and download an older RPM there. When I rebooted back into >> Linux I found that I couldn't mount the Windows (FAT32) partition >> because modprobe kept segfaulting. A *LOT* of functionality in the >> Fedora/Redhat kernels is in modules. I'm not even sure that you could >> mount a CDROM or a floppy. >insmod still should work btw., just use that :-) > >-- >Pekka Pietikainen Thanks for all your hints. I haven't had the time to get back to it - probably tonight before bedtime.. If I use insmod, what arguments are appropriate? I can move modprobe.conf out of the way, but don't know if I can get anything longer than 10 minutes of keystrokes into the box. I have a few computers here, but only one CDROM burner (on the afflicted). Maybe floppys.. Until later - thanks much. BobG
