<div>That sucks and that is/was my problem. </div> <div> </div> <div>That is why I love my Linux BOX. Windows in my home office network will be "just" work stations. Linux, and other "X" resources will be the infastructure. (Web, Application, Data and network servers)</div> <div> </div> <div>David </div> <div><BR><BR><I>Robert Adkins <radkins@impelind.com></I> wrote:</div> <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">The really lovely thing about that is the damned thing can't read the <BR>driver off of anything other than a Floppy Disk. (At least with Windows <BR>XP), when was the last time you saw a new PC ship with a floppy disk?<BR><BR>I had to tear apart some computers in order to reinstall Windows XP onto <BR>a SATA drive that came with the PC. It most certainly added time to the <BR>process.<BR><BR>-Rob<BR><BR>David Lane wrote:<BR>> I just bullt a windows system and the
hardest part was getting the OS <BR>> to "SEE" the SATA hard drive. <BR>> <BR>> When I did a Linux Build Linux saw the SATA drive.<BR>> <BR>> I'm a programmer, I dont have time to fight with drivers to get a <BR>> system up. the reality is that yes we have to live with "Windows" and <BR>> at times it is okay. <BR>> <BR>> My God, I hope people are honest about OS's good and bad.<BR>> <BR>> David<BR>> <BR>><BR>> */Michael Rudas <AUDIOTECH50@GMAIL.COM>/* wrote:<BR>><BR>> Another big hole for the hackers to drive through...<BR>><BR>> "Driver signing is a failure for Vista"<BR>><BR>><BR>> ...yet I continue to hear "WinVista is the greatest thing since sliced<BR>> bread!" from people that SHOULD know better. I hope Linux is "ready<BR>> for the masses" soon, or our entire computing infrastructure may<BR>> collapse.<BR>><BR>> -- Mikey<BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> mdlug
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