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From: jdarcy@seqp4.ORG (Jeffrey D'Arcy)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.encore
Subject: Re: Burned by Encore: /etc/format
Message-ID: <702@seqp4.UUCP>
Date: 19 Mar 91 16:03:34 GMT
References: <1991Mar13.212619.8961@casbah.acns.nwu.edu>
Organization: Sequoia Systems Inc., Marlboro, Mass.
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phil@eecs.nwu.edu (William LeFebvre) writes:

>If you still don't get it, what I'm trying to say is that Sun has a
>"format" too, and it does something very very different from Encore's

Yippee.  I for one am glad that Encore didn't expend more effort trying
to emulate Sun.  I wonder if you get annoyed at people who keep saying
"...but it works on a VAX" or "the Mac does this much better".  You're
no less annoying than they are.

>Am I to type "man cmdname" before typing every command as root to make
>sure that I don't have the wrong name because manufacturers can't agree
>on what programs in /usr/etc should do what?

Maybe you should familiarize yourself with the systems you're charged to
administer.  Has your brain been so rotted by overexposure to Sun's own
brand of insanity that you're incapable of dealing with a different but
no less standard UNIX system?

Seems to me that this whole episode could have been avoided if you'd
stop mucking around as root and leave the administration to those who
have some clue what they're doing.

>Do you know what you have to do to format a disk with Sun's format?

Ask me if I care.

BTW, note the change in posting address.  Since I'm no longer at Encore,
you can't go whining to Encore management about my posts like you did
last time.