Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 15:01:50 -0500 From: Kenneth Culver <culverk@sweetdreamsracing.biz> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: I'm really upset with my new computer Message-ID: <20040209150150.y0o00c080c8kk0ss@www.sweetdreamsracing.biz> In-Reply-To: <20040209195242.GC25282@alzatex.com> References: <20040209195242.GC25282@alzatex.com>
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Quoting "Loren M. Lang" <lorenl@alzatex.com>: > On Mon, Feb 09, 2004 at 02:09:15PM -0500, Craig Reyenga wrote: >> 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. > > I'm a little confused on how a hd from dell or sony could prevent unix > permissions from working as any hd with store whatever kind of data you > tell it, they no nothing about what that data means. The UNIX > permissions are handled entirely in software. I've never heard of any > kind of problem like this before, perhaps you could enlighten me? > If I'm not mistaken, he was joking. Ken
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