From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 26 23:56:27 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E22137B401 for ; Thu, 26 Sep 2002 23:56:25 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.seattleFenix.net (seattleFenix.net [216.39.145.247]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9F90F43E75 for ; Thu, 26 Sep 2002 23:56:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from roo@mail.seattleFenix.net) Received: (from roo@localhost) by mail.seattleFenix.net (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g8R6uW229241; Thu, 26 Sep 2002 23:56:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from roo) Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 23:56:32 -0700 From: Benjamin Krueger To: mufassa bendover Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: there must be a better way Message-ID: <20020926235632.C24391@mail.seattleFenix.net> Reply-To: benjamin@seattleFenix.net References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: ; from mamasboy256@hotmail.com on Fri, Sep 27, 2002 at 06:42:23AM +0000 X-PGP-Key: http://www.macguire.net/benjamin/public_key.asc Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG * mufassa bendover (mamasboy256@hotmail.com) [020926 23:42]: > to the FreeBSD people: > I wanted to use your product but i had to back off. Do you know why? > This is because you guys make it so complicated to operate that when an > UNIX newbie wants to use your product (which is a good thing)he usually > backs away when he sees very complicated stuffs and functions. > EXAMPLE: > Who in the earth would want to memorize this whole thing just to mount > a cdrom in practical life... > %mount_cd9660 /dev/acd0c /usr/mnt/cdrom > > So my Question is WHEN ARE YOU GUYS GOING TO COME OUT WITH A DIST > IN WHICH TOUSANDS OF TEENEGERS WILL ATTRACT...NOT REJECT? Dont you > you people should consider the newbies too > _____________Jessica Olaya If you run a csh based shell: alias cdrom 'mount_cd9660 /dev/acd0c /usr/mnt/cdrom; cd /usr/mnt/cdrom; ls;' If you run an sh based shell: alias cdrom='mount_cd9660 /dev/acd0c /usr/mnt/cdrom; cd /usr/mnt/cdrom; ls;' Now type 'cdrom' and see what happens. There is a better way, but it doesn't involve changing the system. It involves engaging your brain to solve problems constructively. It is as easy or difficult as you want it to be. Regards, -- Benjamin Krueger "Everyone has wings, some folks just don't know what they're for" - B. Banzai ---------------------------------------------------------------- Send mail w/ subject 'send public key' or query for (0x251A4B18) Fingerprint = A642 F299 C1C1 C828 F186 A851 CFF0 7711 251A 4B18 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message