Couple noob questions

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Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 17:28:44 GMT

Hi,

I've successfully installed 5.1B-1 on a "white box" 5305 using the
instructions at Hans Vlems' page http://home.zonnet.nl/hvlems/#wba (thanks
Hans). After the install I moved root to /root. I then deleted a bunch of
dot files that started with mrg, new, and proto. Why are these files there
after a fresh install? I can see them being there after an upgrade. I
deleted them from /root, /etc, and /usr/var/X11. Then I stopped, realizing
maybe I should find out if what I was doing was bad.

Also, I'm having bizarre CD-ROM drive problems. I bought a used drive
(Toshiba XM-5701B, or RRD46-AB-A01 by Digital's naming) to replace my
existing one as it started ejecting every cdrom disc I put in it. After
installing the "new" drive it worked great. After I installed Tru64 I
installed some software off the associated products cd's. That worked well
too. Then I inserted the documentation cd and the drive ejected it (just
like my old drive). I tried rebooting but that didn't solve the problem. I
also tried other CD's and the ejected too. So, either the replacement drive
has just busted in the exact same fashion as my original drive, or there is
a software problem. Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks,
Doug

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