Rob Lewis wrote:
> Apologies if my attempt at humor (the *nix
merry-go-round) ruffled
> any feathers. In fact, this list has been one of the
better ones I've
> seen for support involving anything related to *nix. I
guess my point
> was that the bar seems to be set rather low in that
arena (at least
> for people who aren't already pretty knowledgeable).
It's always hard
> to put yourself in the other guy's shoes, but that
characteristic
> terseness that most of the gurus seem to adopt can be
pretty
> maddening for somebody who's fumbling blindly around.
Often a reply
> creates more questions than it answers. And, in the
worst cases,
> there can be that lurking suspicion that the helper is
actually,
> fiendishly, trying to drive the helpee crazy. NOT in
this case, I
> hasten to add.
>
> Also, I don't quite get why my installation is
considered
> nonstandard. Because it's not on the boot drive? I
don't remember
> reading any cautionary remarks about that when
installing it. I tried
> to make it pretty much plain vanilla, but somehow
missed the "don't
> allow any spaces in your path" caveat. (It was
stated in there
> somewhere, right?)
>
>
> Anyway, it seems to work now. Thanks all.
>
>
It was my bad: I hadn't run an installer in a while and so
I didn't
realize that it would actually install on a non-boot drive
that way.
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