On Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:53:16 -0700 (PDT), Frothingdog.ca wrote: >Wow pretty sad when people have nothing better to do then bash on someone who >is just trying to learn the ropes. I full install to flash is next on the >todo list, I wanted to figure this out because this is what was used 3+ >years ago by the guy who set it up for us, I'm just trying to understand the >process he used. > >But let the trash continue if it passes the time for you.
I've stayed out of this until now but that statement is very off. What you are trying to do is seen by most people as an obsolete technique for minimal installs and totally whacky for complex ones. As an inveterate tinkerer I sometimes do stuff with OpenBSD or pf or carp or whatever that is, AFAICT, viewed as crazy by most cluey people. I try to avoid wasting other people's time with questions on those adventures. ISTM that you are going far beyond the original flashdist and you are somewhat lacking in navigational tools. You are not just understanding the original at all - you are sailing in waters for which you have no charts. It's your time and if you have plenty of that you can play all you like but banging on here about how you can do better at an unnecessarily complex way to install a system will eventually result in your questions being ignored by anybody who has in-depth clues and answered by woobies who don't know that they might have less clues than you. Robert's answer to you was polite and appropriate. It is the best thing to do. Nick's reply to Robert was a statement of fact. He is never rude. It is well known around here that: "We give you the guns and ammo. Aiming at your feet and pulling the trigger is your choice." "You break it - you get to keep all the pieces." Please don't reply to my sender address. It is a spamtrap to ALL sending IPs except the list servers. Rod/ A consultant is someone who's called in when someone has painted himself into a corner. He's expected to levitate his client out of that corner. -The Sayings of Chairman Morrow. 1984.
