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Date:      Wed, 29 May 1996 14:05:29 +0200 (MET DST)
From:      grog@lemis.de (Greg Lehey)
To:        dgy@rtd.com (Don Yuniskis)
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD Chat)
Subject:   Re: _Running FreeBSD_
Message-ID:  <199605291205.OAA20498@allegro.lemis.de>
In-Reply-To: <199605290412.VAA05896@seagull.rtd.com> from "Don Yuniskis" at May 28, 96 09:11:59 pm

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Don Yuniskis writes:
>
>      Just finished skimming your book.  I imagine it would
> probably be pretty good for a beginner trying to wade
> through the muck and mire.  Kudos.

Thanks.

>      Couple of things caught my attention, though... :>
> I think you'll find "wd" as the name for the disk driver
> has it's roots in the terminology "winchester disk".

Hmm.  Could do, I suppose.  I'm copying chat on this to see if anybody
else has any information on this.  I'll make a note in the sources.

> Also, you may wish to double check your description of vty usage
> during the install process and the corresponding function keys, etc.
> (tho' some of the online prompts are in error, too).

Any page numbers?

> And, I think you might want to revisit your explanation of "x" perm
> bit wrt directories.

OK, I've taken a look, but I can't see anything wrong.  Is this on
page 128?  Don't you like the word 'access'?  Would 'open' make more
sense?

Thanks for the feedback.

Greg



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