From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 6 8:22:55 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from corinth.bossig.com (corinth.bossig.com [208.26.239.66]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C494337C0EB for ; Thu, 6 Apr 2000 08:22:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kstewart@3-cities.com) Received: from 3-cities.com (unverified [208.26.241.92]) by corinth.bossig.com (Rockliffe SMTPRA 4.2.1) with ESMTP id ; Thu, 6 Apr 2000 08:33:01 -0700 Message-ID: <38ECAB6D.7B97ACAC@3-cities.com> Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2000 08:21:17 -0700 From: Kent Stewart Organization: Columbia Basin Virtual Community Project X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Windows NT 5.0; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Duke Normandin <01031149@3web.net> Cc: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: partitions References: <016001bf9fd2$3d107320$ad9bc5d1@webserver> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Duke Normandin wrote: > > On Wednesday, April 05, 2000 3:38 PM Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > > >On Wed, Apr 05, 2000 at 07:59:53AM +0200, Frederik Meerwaldt wrote: > >> Hi! > >> > >> Delete Windows as it's the biggest bullshit. Then just install FreeBSD and > >> be happy (you can do everything with FreeBSD, which you can do with > >> Windows. The difference is: faster, more stable, reliable...) > >> > >> Have fun. > > > >Not actually what was asked. Moreover, this style (attacking Windows, > >in an effort to prove FreeBSD better) does not differ much from the > >methods used by some companies when they're spreading FUD. > > > >Apart from being offensive, do you have any *real* data to back up your > >claims that: > > > >a) Windows is the biggest bullshit. > >b) The specific user can "do everything with FreeBSD, which he/she can > > do with Windows". > > > >- Giorgos Keramidas > > Your advise to this list, when given, has always been polite and > informative. Again, I compliment you on your restraint & tact, and > wholeheartedly support your above statements. FBsd et al is(are) great. > but _not_ the only useful (and painlessly installed) tools available. I agree with your comments. I have yet to meet an OS that I can't find fault with and the reverse is also true, i.e, I have yet to meet an OS that doesn't have positive points. The real challenge is to recognize when you are hitting a fault and have a choice. You can then run the project in a positive environment and not waste time fitting it in to a system where it is not effective. If you only run one OS, Murphy will provide many opportunities for you to demonstrate a clueless moment :). Running too many will dilute your skills and let Murphy pop up again. Where the curves cross is based on personal skills such as exposure and a photographic memory. My last FreeBSD 3.4-S problem dealt with a 20GB HD. I couldn't mix 3.4 and Windows 2000/NT4/98. I couldn't add a 3rd partition after the FreeBSD 3.4 slice without the BIOS declaring I had an illegal partition. I installed 4.0 in one large 13GB slice, which was compatible with W2K and the BIOS, but I couldn't build Code Crusader. I have Code Crusader building now and I am back to an improved situation over 3.4. Have a good day, Kent > > -duke > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Kent Stewart Richland, WA mailto:kstewart@3-cities.com http://www.3-cities.com/~kstewart/index.html FreeBSD News http://daily.daemonnews.org/ SETI(Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) @ HOME http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message