From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 16 03:57:34 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B29C16A4CF for ; Mon, 16 Feb 2004 03:57:34 -0800 (PST) Received: from mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net (mta4.rcsntx.swbell.net [151.164.30.28]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E86DA43D1D for ; Mon, 16 Feb 2004 03:57:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from kris@obsecurity.org) Received: from obsecurity.dyndns.org (631f2e678e9b1af5781ce2431787ce18@adsl-67-119-53-169.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [67.119.53.169])i1GBvVa3014483; Mon, 16 Feb 2004 05:57:31 -0600 (CST) Received: by obsecurity.dyndns.org (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 6A33666D0E; Mon, 16 Feb 2004 03:57:30 -0800 (PST) Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 03:57:30 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway To: "Mardoc Inc." Message-ID: <20040216115730.GA94131@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <4030D9BC.5080403@rogers.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="ZPt4rx8FFjLCG7dd" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4030D9BC.5080403@rogers.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i cc: ecrist@adtechintegrated.com cc: Barbish3@adelphia.net cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org cc: Kris Kennaway Subject: Re: cdrom X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 11:57:34 -0000 --ZPt4rx8FFjLCG7dd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Feb 16, 2004 at 06:54:52AM -0800, Mardoc Inc. wrote: >=20 > Thankyou to each of you for your comments re mounting the CDROM. I have= =20 > now got it working. As for the age of the OS - newer is not always=20 > better, I am afraid. Of course this depends on both hardware and=20 > software, but there is no doubt that the newer hardware (disks etc) are= =20 > far less reliable, despite being able to hold more data. Newer operating= =20 > systems have more bells and whistles, but again, that does not always=20 > make them better. My most reliable systems are usually my older ones -=20 > in fact my MOST reliable systems are over 12 years old. >=20 That's all well and good, until you need help to fix a problem with your old OS. You're lucky that this one was simple and not an OS bug. Kris --ZPt4rx8FFjLCG7dd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAMLAqWry0BWjoQKURAhbVAKC9Gzn/eYz0SxjZyu4mQ4cARpWpSgCg0kFw k3kwfaTTU4X1yKKW57NnFCg= =+/ls -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --ZPt4rx8FFjLCG7dd--