From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Oct 26 11:37:51 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FCFD106566C for ; Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:37:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rob1940@gmail.com) Received: from mail-px0-f190.google.com (mail-px0-f190.google.com [209.85.216.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7756C8FC1D for ; Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:37:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pxi28 with SMTP id 28so3121770pxi.7 for ; Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:37:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:reply-to:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:content-type; bh=DchALi//q9+jJOxEZx2RepMC4aJQuSRq7luoiSNRKvM=; b=aWwjpX9VHbTT40KVykTgI1HZOAn5XN8pjYM21ni5GWR+LEEfpkCfO35v8JG5U6v6sN dWXJkBN6Ufp7yy3oyAweHlI1y9svxuQA6Ntr4WJfRpMpl01U+M5eghjUkoPsJqwotPq5 D26T0ao4eKTxUDQ+JNR4qg08ESpuBsASb8vMk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:reply-to:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type; b=cQi2qria1s2NAv/KChTl1atMEK6hn8FDikJL3JfBrx7onK+5DLA2E9OXs8WSKN1jHE uSIGLPDk+sYPk2tmWeK9heF0/jEspoBmHbYvWn5HxTCWXD/7G/OnmQyweLhf7S5WMlSx 7NvwPnh1iK+FNnMVu+PDv1pioBOqhHz+Dd9I4= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.143.139.6 with SMTP id r6mr1156718wfn.282.1256557070845; Mon, 26 Oct 2009 04:37:50 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20091026110905.f802174a.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20091026110905.f802174a.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:37:50 +1100 Message-ID: From: Rob Hurle To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: WD External Disc Drive X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: rob1940@gmail.com List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:37:51 -0000 Hi Polytropon, > just a little terminology note (from me, Mister Use-the-correct-words): > If you are refering to a kind of hard disk, use "disk" with k. > Think like "diskette". If you are refering to optical media, > use "disc" with c. Think like "CD = compact disc". Thanks for your comment. "disk" began life as the American spelling (probably older English, copied from Greek) and "disc" was the English (UK, Australia, probably South Africa and other places). Here, in Australia, I am used to "disc", but I take your point and agree that the two spellings most likely have their particular usages. In the fullness of time I suspect that the scheme you outline will become widely accepted. There's other instances of particular preferences in spelling in Australian English vis a vis American - for example, "recognize" versus "recognise". As others have pointed out, the English language is a bit of a mongrel :-) Thanks for your comments too, about use of the FAT32 file system. I had thought about that, but the NTFS seemed to be a bit more universal - I'm not sure that FAT file systems are recognised by default on Macs (for example). > Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Happy FreeBSD user since 2.2. Cheers, Rob Hurle -- ----------------------------- Rob Hurle ANU, College of Asia and the Pacific School of Culture, History and Language e-mail: rob1940@gmail.com Telephone (ANU): +61 2 6125 3169 Mobile (in VN): +84 948 243 538 (Currently in Australia) Mobile (in OZ): +61 417 293 603 (Currently in Australia) -----------------------------