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10-18-2007

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I am so lost...

I have been using linux now for about 6 months. I like it although it was quite a learning process. Pretty simple for the most part. Here is my prob...

The first time I installed linux on my computer it went in just fine, no problems.
It did eventually crash though and I had to re-install it. This happened a few times and every time I re-installed it, it became harder to do. Takes longer, more probs...etc. Also it got harder to install/operate/run almost everything on it. I now cannot install it at all. I am stuck running this program from an ubuntu live disc. I have been trying to download a disc wiper to clean this disc good and try again. I cannot get this or anything for that matter to download and WORK.

There is probably a very simple explination for this. RIGHT? I think I need to wipe this disc and start over...

Can anyone help me out here???

Thank you,
Treb

Last edited by Treb; 10-18-2007 at 01:32 AM.. Reason: spelling

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uuid_compare

UUID_COMPARE(3) 						    Libuuid API 						   UUID_COMPARE(3)

NAME

       uuid_compare - compare whether two UUIDs are the same

SYNOPSIS

       #include <uuid.h>

       int uuid_compare(uuid_t uu1, uuid_t uu2)

DESCRIPTION

       The uuid_compare function compares the two supplied uuid variables uu1 and uu2 to each other.

RETURN VALUE

       Returns	an  integer less than, equal to, or greater than zero if uu1 is found,	respectively, to be lexicographically less than, equal, or
       greater than uu2.

AUTHOR

       Theodore Y. Ts'o

AVAILABILITY

       libuuid is part of the util-linux package since version 2.15.1 and is available from https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/.

SEE ALSO

       uuid(3), uuid_clear(3), uuid_copy(3), uuid_generate(3), uuid_is_null(3), uuid_parse(3), uuid_unparse(3)

util-linux							     May 2009							   UUID_COMPARE(3)