From owner-freebsd-newbies Thu Jul 15 15:21: 4 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from fellspt.charm.net (fellspt.charm.net [199.0.70.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5054415179 for ; Thu, 15 Jul 1999 15:20:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dutch@charm.net) Received: from charm.net (coretel-115-237.charm.net [209.143.115.237]) by fellspt.charm.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA07242; Thu, 15 Jul 1999 18:19:46 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <378E5E62.62ADE5B6@charm.net> Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 18:19:14 -0400 From: Dutch Collins X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.61 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ML Duke Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Idiot on Board References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org I have 2 feet of written documentation and I have done things that seem like I never read a single page. I don't think it is a closed club. Fun! ML Duke wrote: > > I'm a two year old newbie and feel like an idiot. I've installed 3, > maybe 4, FBSD versions and configured them to work, albiet with help, > and recently made the divorce from mscrash complete and I do _all_ > of my real live work in FBSD as in make a living in Unix. > > And now, I find myself unable to mount and unmount a floppy file > system, read the contents of a floppy, or get the current 1.44 floppy > disk out of the drive, and I've been reading docs for the past three > hours straight (for the record, this is not a question--it's a rant). > > In preparation for loading up a new box with 3.2 and giving this aged > 486DX4/100 to my daughter, I did: > > #tar cvpf /dev/rfd0 /etc > > with a 1.44 floppy in the drive and that worked and took the floppy > out and put a new one in and did: > > #tar cvpf /dev/rfd0 /usr/local/etc > > and that worked and put in another floppy and did: > > #tar cvpf /dev/rfd0 /var/spool /var/db/pkg > > and that didn't work and that floppy is now stuck in the drive as in the > eject button works and the floppy comes loose, but will not release > from the drive. > > So, should anyone else ever do anything stupid, and forget what you > knew 2 years ago, and find yourself surrounded with endless reams of > documentation and _still_ can't find the answer--find comfort in the > fact that you have some company. (Which I'm fully aware is no help, > at all.) > > ML Duke > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message -- +------------------------------------------------------+ | If you want to make god laugh - tell him your plans. | | Kim Basinger | | Voice Line: 410.922.5805 | +------------------------------------------------------+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message