From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Jul 4 9:18:27 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from mta02-svc.server.ntlworld.com (mta02-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.42]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6212737B585 for ; Tue, 4 Jul 2000 09:18:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org) Received: from parish.my.domain ([62.253.90.105]) by mta02-svc.server.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.02.27 201-229-119-110) with ESMTP id <20000704171745.WMAB10065.mta02-svc.server.ntlworld.com@parish.my.domain>; Tue, 4 Jul 2000 17:17:45 +0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish.my.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id RAA01653; Tue, 4 Jul 2000 17:18:00 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2000 17:17:59 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Doug White Cc: Dag-Erling Smorgrav , "Jacques A. Vidrine" , Haikal Saadh , chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IBM supercomputer Message-ID: <20000704171759.A233@parish> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu on Mon, Jul 03, 2000 at 02:47:14PM -0700 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Mon, Jul 03, 2000 at 02:47:14PM -0700, Doug White wrote: > On 3 Jul 2000, Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > > > "Jacques A. Vidrine" writes: > > > I think this is a common misconception. Windows NT did (does?) have a > > > OS/2-like subsystem, but the resemblance ends there. > > > > Well, NTFS is a bastardized HPFS. They even use the same partition > > type number and it's hard to tell them apart without actually trying > > to mount them. > > There's a reason the NT installer will destroy any HPFS partitions it > finds. > Huh? I've installed NT (3.51 & 4) on a PC running OS/2 and it didn't trash the HPFS partition. BTW, although M$ dropped support for HPFS in NT4 it is still possible to restore that feature. > Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve > dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | www.FreeBSD.org > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message -- If I buy a copy of WinDelete, and it doesn't delete Windows, am I entitled to my money back? ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message