From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Sep 22 18:26:10 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail11.speakeasy.net (mail11.speakeasy.net [216.254.0.211]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 690C637B405 for ; Sat, 22 Sep 2001 18:26:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 76134 invoked from network); 23 Sep 2001 01:26:04 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mgm) ([216.27.148.137]) (envelope-sender ) by mail11.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with SMTP for ; 23 Sep 2001 01:26:04 -0000 Message-ID: <01ea01c143ce$c5e92740$89941bd8@speakeasy.net> Reply-To: "jason" From: "jason" To: References: Subject: Re: FreeBSD crashed Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2001 21:26:26 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I may be wrong but I believe Windows came out sometime around or after 1986. Very shortly before MAC released their windows whatever they call it...and Amiga released their first Workbench in 1985. I was an Amiga convert from that day forward until they became way too expensive to buy. ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Saturday, September 22, 2001 9:10 PM Subject: Re: FreeBSD crashed > Usually I wouldn't respond to such an assanine thread, but I do have to point out one thing. I love how he has been using windows in general for 20 yrs. Now I'm not a real rocket scientist here, but was windows around in 1981? And if it was, why wasn't I using it and running dos systems. Maybe if you: > > A) Backed up your data and > B) Read instructions before letting your roomate dictate how to accomplish certain tasks. > > you wouldn't have such problems. FreeBSD, Stable as can be. > > Matt > > >...and, I'll bet that roommate told you to be sure and back up your > >Windoze > >stuff. right...? > >before you tried to "mount" that one & only hard drive with all that > >important stuff. M$ will wnat to know about that too.... and they'll >get > >right back to you.... sure. > > At 02:54 AM 9.22.2001 -0500, Alan wrote: > >>I have been using Win98 SE for over a year now and Windows in >>general for > >>over 20 years, and lunix for over five years. I tried your FreeBSD >>system > >>since my roommate has been using it and other *inx type systems for >>over ten > >>years now. I have installed your system with his help and then >>tried to > >>reboot and go back into Windows. I did NOT have my Win harddrive >>pluged in, > >>so windows should not have been touch. I got back into BSD and then >>he > >>showed me how to mount my windows harddrive and cp files from >>Windows to > >>BSD. > >> I then shutdown and unpluged BSD and pluged in Windows and had >>nothing. I > >>could not get Windows to boot. I have had to re-due my harddrive >>and have > >>lost all of my information on my harddrive because of this. Some of >>these > >>files are of legell use and can not afford to be lost. YOUR so >>called > >>FreeBSD system is crap. I am very upset at this and intend to >>notify > >>Microsoft of this just on the offset that you or someone in your >>company has > >>put some kind of code or virus on your system to attack a Windows >>system. > >>This seems to be the only reason to the problem that your system >>has caused > >>me. I will also be mailing them the same CD iso image that I used >>for them > >>to install and then invetagate. YOUR system destroyed my Windows!! >>I will > >>no > >>longer be using ANY BSD product. Now I understand why so many >>people are > >>not > >>using anything but Windows, they do not destroy your system if you >>connect > >>the two together. > >> > >>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > >>with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > >> > >> > > Best regards, > Jack L. Stone, > Server Admin > > Sage-American > http://www.sage-american.com > jacks@sage-american.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message