precisely what happened, sorry i didn't realize that chainging the "subject" line causes confusion. now i know, now i can avoid that mistake.
-- Securely sent with Tutanota. Claim your encrypted mailbox today! https://tutanota.com 21. Aug 2017 09:37 by rdalek1...@gmail.com: > > mad.scientist.at.la...@tutanota.com> wrote: > > >> refering to the amd64 handbook, at gentoo.org "downloading the >> stage tarball" where it says " >> >> Downloading the stage tarball>> >> Go to the Gentoo mount point where the root file system is mounted >> (most likely >> /mnt/gentoo>> ): >> >> >> root #>> cd /mnt/gentoo" >> >> does that mean to change to where gentoo will be installed, >> or where the cd/dvd is mounted? i'm using a gentoo live >> dvd. seriously just trying to get a basic install to start with. >> i ask because it doesn't seem reasonable (to my ignorant brain) >> to download to the ram drive created by the install dvd, if so >> then so, whatever works. life is a learning process, those >> who've chosen to stop learning have chosen to stop living in a >> meaningful was. i may trip sometimes, but i am always, always >> trying to learn, especially when it's "inconvenient". thanks to >> all those intending to help. >> >> i have never cross posted, if this email appears anywhere >> other than ">> gentoo-u...@list.gentoo.org>> please check >> the headers, it wasn't me, was never that ignorant nor arrogant. >> >> >> -- >> Securely sent with Tutanota. Claim your encrypted mailbox today! >> >> https://tutanota.com>> > > I think the technical term is thread hijacking. I'm attaching a > screenshot of what you did and what is being talked about. What you did > was pick a email, hit reply, changed the subject to yours and then sent it > to the list. At that point, the topic of the thread changed. Some of us > track mailing lists using threaded messages. That way we can track back > to a older message easily and see exactly what message is being replied > to, even if it is snipped out. It also makes it easier to ignore threads > that we are not interested in. > > A good reason not to do this, people may not follow the older thread > that was hijacked and those people, who may have the answer, will never > see your question. By starting a new thread, people are much more likely > to see it. As a example, if I see a systemd thread, I pass it by since I > don't use it and would find it highly unlikely that I could help them in > any way. People who use systemd tho, they would see the thread and see if > they can help. However, if you bury it inside of another thread that is > unrelated, they may not see your question. > > Hope that helps. > > Dale > > :-) :-) >
