On Hardware
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Today I booted up the laptop to start transferring my TinyCore
extensions. However, I was in for a shock - memory errors and a
failure to boot! I checked the codes online and reseated the RAM as
suggested to no avail, so I booted up with my copy of the Ultimate
Boot CD into what was basically FreeDOS and had a look around. It
seemed as though I was running out of memory, so I started removing
newly added things from the onboot.lst file. I then added norestore
to the syslinux.cfg file and rebooted and (eventually) it was
working. I removed the norestore and rebooted and it was broken
again. I rebuilt an extension that had been causing issues in case
it was linked and readded it, but that didn't help the memory
problems. In the end, I just deleted the .tor directory from the
home directory backup and that seemed to do the trick. It means I
can't use Tor anymore, but I have a copy of it tar.gzipped up so I
can always put it back if I need it.
## This [B/Gem/Ph]log
I tested to see if I could get to this Gemlog in Astro once the
laptop booted and the second link on the homepage wouldn't load, so
I couldn't get to the posts page. After some testing, I figured out
that the "home" file on SmolPub has to end with at least one
newline, so I stuck a couple in to be sure and it worked. Lesson
learned.
I'm writing this entry from the laptop in question, resting on an
atlas and then on my lap so I don't have to clear my desk. It's hot
today and that combined with the laptop on me has me sweating. I
may need more insulation between the laptop and my legs...
This is just a quick update: I'll write more if it posts.
UPDATE: It worked, but I need to remember to not have linebreaks
within the paragraphs!
