From owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 5 11:50:46 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C87616A4CE for ; Mon, 5 Jan 2004 11:50:46 -0800 (PST) Received: from out7.mx.nwbl.wi.voyager.net (out7.mx.nwbl.wi.voyager.net [169.207.3.125]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D628643D2D for ; Mon, 5 Jan 2004 11:50:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from robc@execpc.com) Received: from mail0.mx.voyager.net (mail0.mx.voyager.net [216.93.66.205]) by out7.mx.nwbl.wi.voyager.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3FA2793562 for ; Mon, 5 Jan 2004 13:50:43 -0600 (CST) Received: from localhost.localdomain (nm2.mx.lnng.mi.voyager.net [216.93.38.228]) by mail0.mx.voyager.net (8.12.9/8.10.2) with ESMTP id i05Johrv079754 for ; Mon, 5 Jan 2004 14:50:43 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <200401051950.i05Johrv079754@mail0.mx.voyager.net> From: "rob copsey" To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailer: CoreCommMail X-IPAddress: 67.52.12.10 Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 15:52:41 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Subject: Re: Re[2]: Invalid Partion - help on setting up loader X-BeenThere: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Gathering place for new users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 19:50:46 -0000 Thank you David! I was getting beat down with profane acronyms and now I'm scared of posting anything more on this topic . . . Whatever happened to good ol' manners and common courtesy? I appreciate the clarification. Regards, Rob > Sorry for jumping in late, but I just got back from the Christmas > holidays... > > On Friday 26 December 2003 07:55 am, rob copsey wrote: > > > This is a good question, and one that I've pondered too. > > I think the people who developed the charter for this list > > had premonitions of it becoming the "cliff notes" version > > of the handbook for those who would intend to bypass the learning > > process. So, in fairness to those who worked so hard preparing > > the handbook and others who donate their time writing articles > > and how-tos; this list isn't just a quick overview/summary. > > This list isn't meant to be "cliff notes". It's not to be any sort of > technical support at all. There are several great lists for technical > questions, and this isn't one of them. > > The reason is simple, but needs a bit of pondering to understand why. > FreeBSD has an unparalled reputation of stability. This reputation > would be destroyed if people new to FreeBSD got bad advice. > > So why would you get bad advice from this forum? Because we're all > newbies! We don't know what we're talking about. Getting technical > support from a newbie site is like (pardon the cliche) the blind > leading the blind. It's silly. Just because random bits of bad advice > from inexperienced users is the normal mode of support for Linux means > that it we should do the same. > > We have lists that are monitored by experienced users. This is not one > of them. The reason technical questions are not allowed here because > they imply technical answers. Newbies aren't qualified to give complete > and accurate answers to technical questions. > > David > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-newbies > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-newbies- unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > --