Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 13:42:29 -0800 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Does 4.9-RELEASE work with 3Ware RAID card? Message-ID: <200311201342.29603.wes@softweyr.com> In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20031120102709.036c8128@localhost> References: <6.0.0.22.2.20031119175153.04469f90@localhost> <200311200916.08563.wes@softweyr.com> <6.0.0.22.2.20031120102709.036c8128@localhost>
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On Thursday 20 November 2003 09:30, Brett Glass wrote:
> At 10:16 AM 11/20/2003, Wes Peters wrote:
> >> That's not what I'm asking for, of course. I'm asking to hear
> >> if anyone has already had experience with the hardware and
> >> software in question. It's mutually beneficial to everyone in the
> >> community if this information is shared widely.
> >
> >Yes, and the mail list archives and FAQs help there, but somebody at
> > some point has to be the pioneer.
>
> I see nothing wrong with asking first, so that I know whether I need
> to BE the pioneer! After all, if folks do not do this, then we could
> have more people than necessary sporting those unsightly arrows in
> their backs. So, IMHO, it is not appropriate to criticize people for
> posting queries.
I'm sorry, I didn't speak/write clearly enough. You did NOTHING wrong,
and did manage to bring out somebody who has had success. I look
forward to reading your reports of success too. I hope you collect as
few arrows as possible on this go-around, I know you've got quite a
collection already.
Oh, wait, that just conjured up yet another scary JPEG:
<n00b> anyone tried to use an XYZCorp frobnicator-2003 with
FreeBSD 9.3 yet?
<greybeard> go check the tags on the arrows sticking out of Brett's
backside for the XYZ logo
Now if we just had a staff cartoonist for this list... ;^)
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters wes@softweyr.com
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