From owner-freebsd-newbies Mon Aug 7 20: 4:34 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from smtp6.mindspring.com (smtp6.mindspring.com [207.69.200.110]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CD27537B698 for ; Mon, 7 Aug 2000 20:04:17 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from stuyman@confusion.net) Received: from confusion.net (user-2ivecjf.dialup.mindspring.com [165.247.50.111]) by smtp6.mindspring.com (8.9.3/8.8.5) with ESMTP id XAA12486; Mon, 7 Aug 2000 23:03:29 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <398F7841.1E6C5C47@confusion.net> Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2000 23:02:25 -0400 From: Laurence Berland Organization: B.R.A.T.T. X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Haikal Saadh Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Newbie Learning Experience References: <12863.965628182@localhost> <002701c00079$8ca46240$0101a8c0@mshome.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Let us also recognize the possibility that sooner or later you will find the problem is that what you are trying can't be done. I found out today for a fact that an ultrasparc 60 will NOT pick up the keyboard and mouse from my kvm. Period. Oh well laurence Haikal Saadh wrote: > > > Running through such a checklist should include everything from > > the power cord running into your PC to the software you're trying > > to configure or fix. Don't assume anything! The point isn't > > to make yourself feel silly for actually checking things like > > the power cord, the point is to go down a checklist to *ensure* > > that you're not missing something silly, just as a pilot performs > > a checklist before flying an aircraft. It doesn't matter if the pilot > > has 3 or 3,000 hours of flying experience, he does the checklist > > each and every time. > > Amen to that.....I spent half an hour troubleshooting my network, > and the problem was the cable wasn't plugged in...'Doh. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message -- Laurence Berland <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Windows 98: n. useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition. http://stuy.debate.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message