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Date:      Sat, 19 Feb 2000 14:21:47 +1030
From:      Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To:        R Joseph Wright <rjoseph@nwlink.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: devices under 4.0
Message-ID:  <20000219142147.S41278@freebie.lemis.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002180758580.17413-100000@mammalia.sea>
References:  <20000218192552.B32540@freebie.lemis.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0002180758580.17413-100000@mammalia.sea>

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On Friday, 18 February 2000 at  8:05:53 -0800, R Joseph Wright wrote:
> On Fri, 18 Feb 2000, Greg Lehey wrote:
>
>> On Friday, 18 February 2000 at  0:13:10 -0800, R Joseph Wright wrote:
>>> Can someone of knowledge please outline how to create the devices for 4.0
>>> and also how to edit /etc/fstab to correspond?
>>> For example, I upgraded to 4.0 from 3.2.  4.0, as I understand, uses
>>> different device names for the ide hard disks than 3.2.
>>> Yet, although I continue to use the old devices with no problems thus far,
>>> I am told that the devices should be changed.
>>
>> 4.0 hasn't been released yet.  If you're using -CURRENT,
>>
>> 1.  Subscribe to FreeBSD-current.
>> 2.  Talk about it there, not on -questions.
>> 3.  Be prepared to solve this kind of question yourself.
>>
>> -CURRENT isn't for people who need hand-holding.
>
> As I see it, -CURRENT, or anything else for that matter, is for
> anyone who chooses to run it.  If you don't want to 'hold my hand',
> you certainly have no obligation to respond to my question.

Indeed.  You'll notice nobody else did.

> I feel I can learn a lot more running -CURRENT by solving these kind
> of problems than I can running 3.4 or whatever.  And that's really
> the only reason I run FreeBSD.
>
> I have no servers, no mission critical applications, no mission at
> all except to tinker and learn new things.

Fine, not a problem.  But that doesn't mean it makes sense to ask
questions in an inappropriate forum.  You might find it useful to read
http://www.lemis.com/questions.html.

Greg
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