[CS-FSLUG] I'm dangerous

[Ed Hurst]

Brian Derr wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 06, 2004 at 11:23:10AM -0400, Josiah Ritchie wrote:
> 
>>I find that most of my problems are errors that originated between the
>>walls the keyboard, a.k.a I-d-10-t errors :-) I find they become more
>>prevalent the more you make, but you also tend to get further before
>>they show up. :-)
> 
> Also known as a PEBKAC error.  (Problem exists between keyboard and
> chair.)

Good ones, folks. As a post-mortem, at least part of the problem was a 
failing IDE ribbon cable. Problem is, FreeBSD seemed quite sensitive to 
it, while SuSE 8.2 tended to try harder working around it. When a reboot 
failed a couple of times to detect the drive, I finally realized there 
was something in the hardware. Replacing the cable has solved it, and I 
have come to the conclusion I am not a BSD type person.

This became apparent when I responded to what I felt was a call from God 
to do things a little differently. FreeBSD is great fun to play with, 
but it becomes itself a very absorbing project, while little else gets 
done. Now that there is a possibility of doing actual work, FreeBSD is 
too great a burden for a desktop system.

-- 
Ed Hurst
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