Re: [OT] files/dir on windoze
On 15 Jul 2004, at 6:48, irv mullins wrote:
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> posted by: irv mullins <irvm at ellijay.com>
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> Kat wrote:
> ...
> > I am seriously considering digging out an olde TP smartdrive/ramdrive i did
> > 8
> > years or so ago, and revamping it (or recoding it into Eu form), to
> > recognise
> > overflows from the win/dos limits, making drive letters obsolete, and making
> > folders like /a1/ , /a2/ , etc, all show up as being in /a/ in some cases. I
> > dunno. I hear nix doesn't have the same limits, but i prefer to see an OS
> > working in real life before i dedicate hours to learning how to fix it when
> > it
> > breaks.
> >
> > What i particularly need is an OS that doesn't tie up the drive with a
> > scandisk after abnormal shutdown, and which i can run simple tasks on, like
> > a
> > lan fileserver. The only person i know in real life who has ever used nix
> > said
> > it could not be done with a windows box on the lan, so that shot down using
> > nix.
>
> Sigh...
>
> I learned a long time ago that people rarely let facts get in the way
> of their prejudices.
Meaning? Like the facts i have been unable to set up a nix box here? That a
$100K/yr HP engineer couldn't either? That when i asked to buy a box
aready set up, that all i had to do was add my DB drives, i wasn't able to buy
such a server? Which facts got in my way? Or were you on windoze's side
this time?
> But best of luck, anyway.
Thanks.
Kat
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