From owner-freebsd-stable Wed Nov 4 10:01:12 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA03310 for freebsd-stable-outgoing; Wed, 4 Nov 1998 10:01:12 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from pau-amma.whistle.com (s205m64.whistle.com [207.76.205.64]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id KAA03300 for ; Wed, 4 Nov 1998 10:01:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dhw@whistle.com) Received: (from dhw@localhost) by pau-amma.whistle.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id JAA18450; Wed, 4 Nov 1998 09:59:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dhw) Date: Wed, 4 Nov 1998 09:59:25 -0800 (PST) From: David Wolfskill Message-Id: <199811041759.JAA18450@pau-amma.whistle.com> To: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, gaylord@gaylord.async.vt.edu Subject: Re: has this been fixed? In-Reply-To: <199811040329.WAA02779@gaylord.async.vt.edu> Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >From: Clark Gaylord >Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 22:29:28 -0500 (EST) >> Just out of curiousity, how did the threshold for "a bit too long" get >> determined? Is this defined in the IDE standard? Did someone conduct >IDE standard? You are funny. Let me guess, that's published on >www.snakeoil.com, right? Ummm.... I didn't ask the original question, but it's not at all clear to me why it should be "funny." Given that someone evidently thinks it is, I gether from context that the phrase "IDE standard" is a reference to a nonentity? Is there an expectation that anyone who might ever want to use a FreeBSD system should know this? And what would the Chicago Tribune have to do with it? david -- David Wolfskill UNIX System Administrator dhw@whistle.com voice: (650) 577-7158 pager: (650) 371-4621 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message