On 24/02/2013 01:25, Peter Humphrey wrote: > On Saturday 23 February 2013 15:44:31 Alan McKinnon wrote: > >> The number of people who completely and totally misread the simple >> instructions about upgrading udev is spectacular. > > Even I did it, and I'm ashamed to admit it too. At least I managed to > realise my mistake and correct it without pestering anyone else. > >> The guides say clearly and unambiguously to modify the mount options for >> /dev >> >> And what did so many users at once go and do? Changed every line in >> fstab that had the three characters d-e-v in them as well. > > Few of us have a /dev line in fstab, so the line that looks most like it > becomes prime suspect.
Eh? It's a guide about udev, which manages /dev, so it gives the mount type and options for /dev It says nothing at all about /dev/shm or any other mount point. I'm just baffled as to how so many people could mis-read it. One or two I could understand (tired, lack of coffee, etc), but so many? Baffling. > >> I dunno, sometimes I want to give up. > > Don't do that until after you've straightened out your its and it's. :-) Errrm, yeah. English has this arbitrary rule about that as there's no sensible precedence order. Which has higher precedence - possession or contraction? Long ago someone tossed a coin and decreed which one. And I can never remember which way the coin fell, I've pretty much decided I no longer give a hoot :-) And you'll notice I often type ";" where a "'" belongs - that's because my right pinky finger no longer works properly, I have to use the ring finger instead. Makes for lots of interesting typos :-) -- Alan McKinnon Systems Engineer^W Technician Infrastructure Services Internet Solutions +27 11 575 7585 -- Alan McKinnon [email protected]
