Once again I'm reminded why I rarely participate in [EMAIL PROTECTED] Perhaps someone will find this first part of this thread useful, but beyond that I'm calling it quits.
Marti On 7/28/05, Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 13:56:28 -0700 Marti Martinez > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Like I said, I'm willing to believe that GENERIC works. But your "1) > > Install OpenBSD" suggestion is unrealistic. I'm installed OpenBSD > > hundreds of times, and am reasonably good at it. This is, however, the > > first time I've done an install on a serial only system, and my post > > was not a complaint about the install process or an expectation that > > the developers anticipate my needs or shortcomings, but simply a > > response to Nick's invitation for DMESGs and "too much info". > > No, you posted a way for people who don't know better to fuck up their > machines for no reason, because you also don't know better. Then when > you were told that you were wrong, and GENERIC is fine, you claimed > nobody has given any info on how to make GENERIC work. This is > obviously rediculous, all the documentation is for GENERIC, which works > the same on soekris as any other i386 machine. > > If you want to mess up your system because you can't be bothered to > read the documentation (http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq7.html#SerCon) > that's up to you, but don't try to trick other people into screwing up > their machines too, and don't complain about a lack of documentation. > Just because you didn't read it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. > > Adam > -- Systems Programmer, Senior Electrical & Computer Engineering The University of Arizona [EMAIL PROTECTED]
