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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
