we do use mcse for our programming needs. however, my professor learned
using unix, so i don't see why he would have a problem. my only problem is
that i can't get it running correctly right now. but i came up with a few
possible reasons, and i'm gonna test them tonight and we'll see what happens
>From: Mike Corbeil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [newbie] Major Problem----still
>Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2000 12:29:44 -0400
>
>J D wrote:
>
> > yeah, you're right. i'm gonna e-mail an expert list about this. the
>only
> > problem is that i'm so short on time (who would have thought becoming an
> > engineer would require so much time??? ;) ). man, i picked a bad time
>to
> > install linux. wait, there's never a bad time to get away from the
> > frustrating blue screen of death every time you go to compile code you
>just
> > wrote. too bad i can't submit my programming homework in unix. damn
>this
> > university's use of windows!
>
>Speak with your professor(s). I don't see why they'ld prevent you from
>doing
>your homework with Linux.
>
>The school should be unbiased in this respect, unless your program is MCSE
>or
>something specific to MS. If it's a general university program, then the
>profs
>would need to be dorks for refusing valid work done on Linux.
>
>Linux is growing in use and popularity, and is based on and very similar to
>Unix in many respects, with Unix being a platform used considerably in
>industry; more important than MS anyway. If you were in a MIS program,
>specializing in office computing, then MS would be understandable, albeit
>Linux
>will become competitive in this area, too. For engineering, I'm surprised
>they're not using a Unix variant, albeit many engineering firms began
>converting much of their infrastructure to MS a couple or few years ago,
>but
>only due to pricing, as far as I was told and know (now, MS Windows 2000
>Server
>is expensive, albeit Windows 2000 WS may be less expensive than Unix WSs,
>but
>certainly not less expensive than Linux).
>
>If you'ld really like to be able to do your work with Linux, then ask,
>before
>jumping to absolute conclusions. If the school's not going to give you a
>MCSE,
>then the school shouldn't have any moral right to prevent you from using
>Linux. If the profs refuse and you have a few more years of schooling
>involved, then you might consider contesting and appealing to the next
>higher
>level of the court.
>
>Maybe your profs don't know Unix or Linux, and they might use this as a
>basis
>to refuse work done on Linux, but that's only a lazy approach, instead of a
>moral one. They should encourage students to use Linux, because schooling
>is
>already expensive enough without needing to purchase expensive OSs, like
>Windows 2000.
>
>mike
>
>
> >
> >
> > >From: Mike Corbeil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > >Subject: Re: [newbie] Major Problem----still
> > >Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 23:55:38 -0400
> > >
> > >BILL wrote:
> > >
> > > > J D wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > okay, i've tried several things to fix my major problem. nothing
>has
> > > > > worked. so how do i format my linux partition? last night i got
> > >bored and
> > > > > tried rm -rf / as i read to never do this unless i wanted
>to
> > > > > reinstall linux. but it didn't work. help!
> > >
> > >I would not suggest doing that, ever. There are better, more
>appropriate,
> > >ways
> > >of reinstalling linux or any OS. If you do rm -rf /, then this means
>to
> > >remove
> > >the root directory and I've never done this, but know that rm -rf /*
>will
> > >remove
> > >everything under the root directory. rm -rf / probably does the same
> > >thing, but
> > >based on other contexts, this would also remove /. In either case,
>this
> > >would
> > >mean not being able to shutdown or reboot the system using any command,
> > >because
> > >everything would be gone.
> > >
> > >You've got to explain your problem, because as you should obviously
>see,
> > >there's
> > >no description left of your problem, if you ever described it.
> > >
> > >You want help. Help others to help you. Explain what your problem is,
> > >with more
> > >detail.
> > >
> > >
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> > > > Okay, I don't truley know if this will help your MAJOR problem,but
>as a
> > >newbie
> > > > I have had times where I too did somthing somewheres that sent my
> > >partitions
> > > > kablooey.Tried lots of stuff that did n't work and wound up
> > >'reinstalling" but
> > > > installing another distro ;like Caldera,and letting it clean up the
> > >partitions
> > > > when it installed,then I went back and reinstalled mandrake after
>the
> > >fact
> > > > when I saw that the Caldera was successful. I've done this a few
>times
> > >and it
> > > > has worked for me
> > > > ,but then I/m a newbie,and only came up with this on
>instinct,couldn't
> > >tell
> > > > you if it did anything to my machine or not .Don't think it has
>since I
> > >now
> > > > have a nice Mandrake 70 install thats working to ,my satisfaction
> > > > .Good luck if you decide to try this.
> > >Bill
> > >
> > >Not instinct; just desperation.
> > >
> > >This approach should not be required. You're better off asking in the
> > >expert
> > >mailing list, to learn how to properly handle your problems with
>Mandrake,
> > >even
> > >at the install level, before bothering with installing another
>distribution
> > >to
> > >try to recover.
> > >
> > >There are ways to recover or to do successful installs.
> > >
> > >mike
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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