How about those network drives that decide to disconnect themselves after a period of non use? Gotta love that...
On Wed, 2001-10-17 at 02:12, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > > > LOL, why do I feel like the scout? Running ahead, look guys, > > it works! > > and they all come following.... > > > > Seriously tho, I'd be willing to put up a bbs or mailing list for us > > winders guys that are trying to make the transition over to the > > promise/penguin land... > > That would be cool. And thanks to Sysop for that link. Added it to my fav > list in my Linux folder. Should make a good reference. > > Hey, here's just one example of why I hate the direction Microsoft > moves/thinks in. I have 2 NT4 Server machines and 1 Linux machine on a > manual (non powered) DIN-5 KB/Serial Mouse KVM switch. Both NT4 and Linux > work just fine with it, with the occasional device timeout message in the > NT4 system log, because it hasn't "heard from" the keyboard in a while. No > big deal. It still works. > > I threw a W2K server machine, 233MMX with DIN-5 KB and serial mouse on this > KVM. Guess what? Switching the KVM away from the W2K machine after booting > it kills the serial mouse driver, and the cursor is gone from the screen! > Only way to get it back is by rebooting, because you can't manually restart > the mouse driver. WTF Microsoft?? What are your engineers thinking? > Apparently they never considered anyone would install W2K on a non PS/2 > kb/mouse machine. > > This is just one more chink in the MS armor, and another on the long list of > reasons I'm wanting to become a penguin user... > > StanTheMan > TheHardwareFreak > www.hardwarefreak.devastation.cc > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
