I'm really upset with my new computer

[Loren M. Lang]

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?

> 
> -Craig
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rob2" <rob2 at pythonemproject.com>
> To: <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 12:41 PM
> Subject: I'm really upset with my new computer
> 
> 
> > I can't even log in without permission errors, yet all the files in my
> > home directory are rob.rob permissions.  I end up at the root directory
> > where all homeless users end up
> >
> > Nvidia video doesn't work.  I downloaded the latest binary from Nvidia
> > and I don't know where it went on my computer.
> >
> > I'm just having a bad day.  BTW Win XP is working flawlessly, just to
> > rub it in.  This is Dell 8600 laptop.  I just needed to rant and
> > complain.  It will get figured out in time.  I remember when I bought my
> >   Sony laptop I had a whole crop of similar problems.
> >
> > Rob
> >
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