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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