Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 17:09:34 -0600 (CST) From: Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> To: Larry <pts@EEngineer.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installation requirements re: Drive C? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006121702180.93496-100000@ren.sasknow.com> In-Reply-To: <4.2.2.20000612112358.00a26d30@mail.budget.net>
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Larry wrote to Ryan Thompson: > Thank you VERY much sir....you must be a fellow engineer. That was clean, > concise, and to the point. Computer scientist, actually. :-) > I did not like going from DOS to Windows, however my CAD platforms > demanded it. Now that I'm considering BSD, I find myself in the same > situation. The fact that dual boot option exists with BSD makes me > feel much better. Put quite simply, BSD ain't Windows. They are two different operating systems, offering two different domains of functionality. I use both, because I require features from both domains. Some only use Windows, because its features are sufficient for their needs. Some only use UNIX, because its features span THEIR needs. The same argument has been made for trucks and cars. > Forgive my "BSD Newbie" paranoia....you can imagine the awaiting stroke > should my system require: Format C: (oh the data, the data) You DID make a backup, didn't you? Prevention is simple, though: Don't do any partitioning on ata0s1. ;-) > > Larry Weinberg > PTS Electronics > > -- Ryan Thompson <ryan@sasknow.com> Systems Administrator, Accounts Phone: +1 (306) 664-1161 SaskNow Technologies http://www.sasknow.com #106-380 3120 8th St E Saskatoon, SK S7H 0W2 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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