QUOTE(1hotjob @ Nov 29 2009, 02:44 AM)

Have you tried booting the game used to install the softmod and running Linux?
thats a good idea
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I would have thought the obvious and easiest first thing is actually to try using HeXen or a rescue disc of some sort (burned to DVD-R) and see if the machine in its current state will run that.
That would have been a great suggestion, except Hexen wasn't around two years ago when this post was made. Walker911 thought it would be a good idea to drudge up a two year old post to comment on.