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SKYLINEGTR33MWJ · August 18th, 2003, 01:17 PM

i notice that it gives me a "cat: cant write, badpipe error" something like this when i "emerged" some of the files......

and i try the nano -w "/etc/fstab" and it tells me "illegal operation" something like thisi dont know why......

and right now im in the final stage of installation and i still cant get that "lilo" installed becuz of the same reason it tells me "illegal operation"

August 18th, 2003, 01:17 PM	#3 (permalink)
SKYLINEGTR33MWJ Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 252	i notice that it gives me a "cat: cant write, badpipe error" something like this when i "emerged" some of the files...... and i try the nano -w "/etc/fstab" and it tells me "illegal operation" something like thisi dont know why...... and right now im in the final stage of installation and i still cant get that "lilo" installed becuz of the same reason it tells me "illegal operation"