On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 03:03, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: > Adam Williamson wrote: > > >On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 00:34, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: > > > > > >>>Shouldn't an OS claiming "user-friendliness" auto configure new > >>>hard drives installed in the system? Or am I doing something wrong, > >>>perhaps the Control Center can help me out? If this is the case, > >>>please give me a pointer, and I apologize for taking up your time. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>Does Windows *automatically* configure drives added that were previously > >>used with other OSs? > >> > >> > > > >Who gives a toss what Windows does? > > > > Linux users coming from Windows. Windows users considering Linux. > > >I thought we wanted to be BETTER > >than Windows? > > > > We do. > > >You can't just say "well, if Windows doesn't do it, we > >don't have to" > > > > Who said that?
I can't read any other implication into "Does Windows *automatically* configure drives added that were previously used with other OSs?" I repeat my original question: why should we care whether Windows does or not? -- adamw
