Hello Wes.

02 Jul 03 07:55, you wrote to me:

 WG> Hmm, I'm really curious why maximus won't start up for you..

 WG> Try this:

 WG> # cd /var/max
 WG> # strace -f bin/max etc/max -k 2>&1 | egrep 'open|max' > /tmp/q

 WG> You might need to break out of that (or kill the task) if max actually
 WG> does start up; otherwise, you should be able to look in /tmp/q and get
 WG> a clue -- i.e.

I just get returned to the command prompt. in /tmp there is a zero byte file 
called "q"

 WG> 10231: open("/var/max/etc/max.prm", 24, 0666) = ENOENT

 WG> That line means pid 10231 tried to open /var/max/etc/max.prm, and got
 WG> "file not found".

 WG> Post back clues if you can't interpret them. More interpretation is
 WG> probably available in /usr/include/errno.h or
 WG> /usr/include/sys/errno.h.

Right now I am not trying too hard, want to install a copy of Linux on a 
system here without a CD-ROM drive, and then install maximus there and have a 
"clean" system to work with. Hopefully will end up with less
"variables" that 
way that might cause problems.

Russell

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