Thanks, Richard -- I appreciate the insight. I've learned that you need to specify what you do NOT want and rarely need to specify what you DO want :-) So your comments are relevant to me.
Scott On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 8:20 AM, Richard Corak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Scott, > > The goal of SYSTEM CONFIG is to be empty. That is, you don't > specify anything, and CP still runs. Obviously impossible. > In reality you should be required to specify only what CP can't > figure out. So, by default, every device is sensed to see what > it is; every device that can be brought online is brought online. > The hope is that the person who maintains SYSTEM CONFIG not be > bothered by mundane things like changes in device addresses. > > ACCEPTED exists only to undo NOTACCEPTED. > ONLINE only to undo OFFLINE. > etc. > > One could argue that this concept of "do nothing" could have been > applied to other things, like USER_VOLUME_INCLUDE. But it wasn't. > C'est la vie. > > Richard Corak >
