Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 14:43:22 -0500 (EST) From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu> To: craig@craig.afraid.org (Craig Reyenga) Cc: Rob2 <rob2@pythonemproject.com> Subject: Re: I'm really upset with my new computer Message-ID: <200402091943.i19JhMq02226@clunix.cl.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <000901c3ef40$3628e120$0200000a@redline> from "Craig Reyenga" at Feb 09, 2004 02:09:15 PM
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> > I've heard that Sony and Dell don't support UNIX permissions on their > proprietary hard drives. Stick with WinXP for now until a patch is committed > into the source tree. That doesn't make any sense. No hard drive vendor "supports UNIX permissions" on their hard drives. File permissions are completely a software thing and have little to do with the hardware underneath - as long as the hardware works at all. Now, WinXP does NOT support UNIX file permissions... Ditch it and get a real OS! (I have FreeBSD installed on lots of Dell machines including the one I am currently typing on and file permissions work just fine) ////jerry > > -Craig > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rob2" <rob2@pythonemproject.com> > To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> > Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 12:41 PM > Subject: I'm really upset with my new computer > > > > I can't even log in without permission errors, yet all the files in my > > home directory are rob.rob permissions. I end up at the root directory > > where all homeless users end up > > > > Nvidia video doesn't work. I downloaded the latest binary from Nvidia > > and I don't know where it went on my computer. > > > > I'm just having a bad day. BTW Win XP is working flawlessly, just to > > rub it in. This is Dell 8600 laptop. I just needed to rant and > > complain. It will get figured out in time. I remember when I bought my > > Sony laptop I had a whole crop of similar problems. > > > > Rob > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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