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List:       openbsd-misc
Subject:    Re: guide newcomers better
From:       "James A. Peltier" <james () site-fx ! net>
Date:       2002-01-03 18:57:07
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I'm not sure but is PCMCIA support configured in the GENERIC kernel???

On Thu, 2002-01-03 at 10:23, Stefan Johnson wrote:
> On Thu, 03 January 2002, twig les wrote:
> 
> > 
> > What a pathetic bunch of dribble.  Does this guy
> > realize that we all suffer to learn things?  This OS
> > is kicking my a55, along with many other flavors of
> > this funny thing called UNIX.  That doesn't mean I'm
> > going to give up, tuck my tail between my legs and
> > waste a lot of people's time.  Suck it up and deal
> > with the pain.  
> > 
> > Sorry to add to a useless thread but as a baffled and
> > suffering newcomer this one hit close to home.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > --- Greg Thomas <ethant@pacificnet.net> wrote:
> > > On Wed, 2 Jan 2002, Neels Janosch Hofmeyr wrote:
> > > 
> > > > oh, and remember:
> > > > don't take this as a whining protest please,
> > > 
> > > Hmmm, all you did was whine and complain so how
> > > could we take it
> > > any other way?  Nice troll, BTW, no details about
> > > the problem and
> > > ramblingly incoherent.
> > > 
> > > Greg
> > > 
> 
> 
> I agree Twig,
> I love the challenge of a new OS.  Linux was great.
> Thus far, OpenBSD is great (except for the pcmcia
> cdrom that I STILL can't figure out how to configure)
> 
> I've posted my questions after scouring the net, and
> haven't seen anybody that has had their questions
> answered for this same problem.  I think it most
> likely that either:
> 1) The problem has such a simple answer that nobody
> is wasting their time to answer, or
> 2) Nobody knows how to answer
> 
> Either way, I'm not whining about it.  I continue to
> read "man" pages and search google.  I feel content
> that either my hardware isn't supported, or I will
> find an answer on my own if nobody responds.  I will
> NOT ask to be spoon fed the simplest things, though.
> If my question was a simple thing, so be it.  I'm not
> going to whine about it.  If it's that simple, I know
> I will find the answer given time and patience.  I
> don't know what this guys problem is.  I've read the
> archives and the newgroups, the FAQ, and the FUQ.
> I've never seen flaming for a question (unless it
> was called for)  I've never seen anyone on here
> belittle anybody else for being a newbie.  
> 
> Sorry for the rant.  :)  Just wanted to post my two
> cents worth.  Thank you everyone, for a wonderful
> OS, and a great community to learn from.  Maybe
> someday, I will be able to answer questions here
> instead of lurking or asking newbie stuff.  I'll
> step down off my pedestal, now.
> 
> Stefan Johnson
> 
> 
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-- 

-James

Hardware, n.:
        The parts of a computer system that can be kicked.
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