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From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@clunix.cl.msu.edu>
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To: craig@craig.afraid.org (Craig Reyenga)
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 14:43:22 -0500 (EST)
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Subject: Re: I'm really upset with my new computer
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> 
> I've heard that Sony and Dell don't support UNIX permissions on their
> proprietary hard drives. Stick with WinXP for now until a patch is committed
> into the source tree.

That doesn't make any sense.   No hard drive vendor "supports UNIX
permissions" on their hard drives.  File permissions are completely
a software thing and have little to do with the hardware underneath
 - as long as the hardware works at all.    

Now, WinXP does NOT support UNIX file permissions...
Ditch it and get a real OS!

(I have FreeBSD installed on lots of Dell machines including the
 one I am currently typing on and file permissions work just fine)

////jerry

> 
> -Craig
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rob2" <rob2@pythonemproject.com>
> To: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 12:41 PM
> Subject: I'm really upset with my new computer
> 
> 
> > I can't even log in without permission errors, yet all the files in my
> > home directory are rob.rob permissions.  I end up at the root directory
> > where all homeless users end up
> >
> > Nvidia video doesn't work.  I downloaded the latest binary from Nvidia
> > and I don't know where it went on my computer.
> >
> > I'm just having a bad day.  BTW Win XP is working flawlessly, just to
> > rub it in.  This is Dell 8600 laptop.  I just needed to rant and
> > complain.  It will get figured out in time.  I remember when I bought my
> >   Sony laptop I had a whole crop of similar problems.
> >
> > Rob
> >
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