From owner-cvs-all Sat Feb 2 3:29:36 2002 Delivered-To: cvs-all@freebsd.org Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD32737B417; Sat, 2 Feb 2002 03:29:28 -0800 (PST) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g12BTRB17185; Sat, 2 Feb 2002 12:29:27 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from wkb) Date: Sat, 2 Feb 2002 12:29:27 +0100 From: Wilko Bulte To: Michael Lucas Cc: cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq book.sgml Message-ID: <20020202122927.A17167@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <200202020043.g120hq750401@freefall.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <200202020043.g120hq750401@freefall.freebsd.org>; from mwlucas@FreeBSD.ORG on Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 04:43:52PM -0800 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 04:43:52PM -0800, Michael Lucas wrote: > mwlucas 2002/02/01 16:43:52 PST > > Modified files: > en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq book.sgml > Log: > Axe the question on cramming 1TB files onto a floppy disk. > > 1) This is not asked frequently. This is not asked rarely. This has > probably only been asked once, in some leap year during the > thirteenth full moon. > > 2) "You need a dd that handles large files"; this is spectacularly > unhelpful, as it says nothing about where to get such a dd, what's > wrong with the existing dd, etc. > > 3) This information might be useful somewhere in the Handbook, if rewritten > and generalized to explain why files can be larger than the disks > that they live on: since this question is simply met with derision > by many members of the -doc team, however, not to mention the > FreeBSD community in general, we'll just deorbit it. > > 4) If we had a "Stupid FreeBSD Tricks" book, this would belong there. Hm, it would fit nicely adjacent to the BoFH handbook I suppose. -- | / o / /_ _ email: wilko@FreeBSD.org |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte Arnhem, the Netherlands To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message