Suggestion for Newbies [Was: Curt Tone]

[Mathew Brown]

Craig White wrote:

>On Thu, 2004-07-15 at 23:11, Mathew Brown wrote:
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>>>I could be wrong, but I believe the fix is all supposed to be on one line
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>>> sfdisk -d /dev/hda | sfdisk --no-reread -H255 /dev/hda
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>>>thus the output from the first command is piped into the second
>>>command.  You can think of it as the output of the first command is
>>>used as the input to the second.
>>>
>>>Apologies in advance if I'm mistaken.
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>>No you're right, i'm on the xp partition now, Thanks for helping me get that
>>bug fixed.
>>my theme song for linux is....
>>34986 hairs in my my head, 34986 hairs
>>take a handful and give it a tear, 34532 hairs in my head....
>> yeah not gonna make platinum, but it'll make the wig makers happy....
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>the solution was provided in that message that you had read but it gave
>a lot of detail and you got lost in the detail. It would really help if
>you react slower and read more thoroughly. You should have been able to
>solve the problem without the last question.
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>Linux is not hard - it just seems that way because on Windows, few
>people actually understand why things work the way they do and Linux
>offers the full explanation and the ability to adjust settings either
>with a text editor or with some gui program that changes the text files.
>
>Some Windows habits die hard but in Linux...you don't need to reboot.
>You shouldn't have to wipe it out and reload it - it can be fixed. It's
>unlikely that you will run across a problem that no one has seen or
>solved - your problem will always be how to figure out what the problem
>is or at the very least, how to describe it to others so they can help
>you figure out the problem. The most important thing is to get a grip on
>the process of solving problems.
>
>Don't underestimate that everyone that uses Linux has either figured out
>how to learn to do things for themselves or gives up and goes back to
>Windows. Thus, the last comment...you will do well to read this:
><http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html>
>
>Not offered as an insult - but rather as a means to help you understand
>the mentality of the method of learning how to use open source software.
>
>Craig
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I've allready read it, My next question will be someone mentioned I can 
use thunderbird  and it will sort this news letter out so i won't make 
the mistake of posting in the wrong thread.
So that's that.
I may seem like an idiot, i'm actually taking the a+ exam next month :} 
Windows yes is much easier to use, and i understand quite well why 
things do what and how they operate.
but the command lines and everything else in linux compared to windows 
is completly different, thus making me as smart as a fence post when it 
comes to using it, i don't deny that. the first question i asked was 
stuck in my outbox of outlook express, so i figured it didn't post it, 
so i remade it and sent it, then it posts it twice, ok, my bad... the 
first thing i get in responce is a smartass telling me...

This i know for sure, posting twice won't get your answer faster.

Now if that's professionalism then man wtf where have i been.
You want my job? I listen to idiots ask the exact same thing only about 
windows and why doesn't my sound card work all day long..
If I answered anyway CLOSE to the responces i got from some of the 
answers i got from here, my ass would be out the door and jobless...
Sorry if i offended some, and i'm sure i did. but i didn't exactly get a 
warm welcome.

And yes, Wal-Mart does sell linux loaded pc's so expect not only joe 
6-pack but his wife that yse to be his sister and their 4.3 children to 
ask a lot dumber things than i did.