On 4/1/2013 2:07 PM, m.roth at 5-cent.us wrote: > Robert Benjamin wrote: >> On 3/31/2013 12:06 PM, Les Mikesell wrote: >>> On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 4:00 AM, Robert Benjamin <benjie1 at cox.net> >>> wrote: >>>> WELL, I don't know what to say. I just put the HD in the PC >>>> turned >>>> it on and was waiting for the blue screen so I could login as root and >>>> type 'init 3'. BUT, guess what happened. A tiny clock appeared at the >>>> top left followed by a log in screen and here I am. Happened very >>>> quickly. A few seconds. Now, do I dare log out and try to get back or >>>> just wait for a reply from you. Yesterday I never did init 3 either. >>>> Maybe it is the Easter Bunny. I don't know. I'm a bit apprehensive >>>> about >>>> shutting off and trying again. What's your opinion? >>> That's the way it is supposed to work, and since no one recognized the >>> previous symptoms my best guess is that it was some sort of hardware >>> issue. Maybe swapping the drive left a bad connection to the disk or >>> network. >>> >>> -- >>> Les Mikesell >>> lesmikesell at gmail.com >>> _______________________________________________ >>> CentOS mailing list >>> CentOS at centos.org >>> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>> >> Looking for the book you recommended by Fraesch: Essential Systems >> Administration. Tried a local Barnes and Noble store and the author's >> name is different. They have it as Frisk, same title. Third Edition. >> Hope it's the same book. Can you double check please. I assume this is >> at a level I can deal with. Thanks. >> > They can't spell. On the cover is a non-ascii char, that when I was a kid > in school, was the way some books spell Caesar, with the "a" and the "e" > sharing a line. > > <http://www.amazon.com/Essential-System-Administration-Third-Frisch/dp/0596003439> > > As I may have said, everyone I know in computers has a number of books > from this publisher - he specializes in not only finding people who > really, really know their subject, but CAN ALSO COMMUNICATE WHAT THEY KNOW > (as opposed to, say, the BAL textbook I had in college, many years ago, > that if I could have gotten the rights to, I'd put all the pharmaceutical > co's market for sleeping pills out of business....) > > mark > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > Thanks. I'll browse the bookstore for books from O'Reilly Publisher and see what appeals to me. Texts can be boring as I well know as an Assoc Prof, retired, and many are sooo borrrring it is a shame. Anyhow, will look and I'm sure I'll find somethig suitable. Bob