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Re: [PLUG] /etc on a separate partition
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I took the more tactfull approach to email him personally...
Although the rant on list is warranted in my opinion.
N-Tropy
On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 12:57:42PM -0500, gabriel rosenkoetter wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 21, 2003 at 06:08:14AM -0800, Wayne Dawson wrote:
> > Um. Thanks for the suggestion. It's what I've been trying to do for
> > several days, and I can't seem to make it work. There are other things I
> > can try (I haven't looked at initrd for example), but it's not worth
> > spending more time on, unless somebody can give me a short and clear
> > procedure for doing it.
>
> Um, Wayne, there's a point at which asking a LUG mailing list for a
> little help crosses the line to asking other people to do your
> homework for you. You've crossed that line with me, and I don't
> think I'm alone.
>
> What you want to do is NOT simple. If it's going to work and be
> maintainable (by YOU) you need to understand far more about the IA32
> boot process than, demonstrably, you do.
>
> Having us write up a set procedure for how to do this might get you
> through this one time, but it won't get you through any problems you
> may have eventually, and it strikes me as a bit dishonest for your
> cleints (you *did* say you were getting paid to set this up, didn't
> you?).
>
> --
> gabriel rosenkoetter
> gr@eclipsed.net
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