Re: Microsoft Invents Symbolic Links

2000-03-03 Thread Stanislav Malyshev a.k.a Frodo
OE>> point to the same actual data). This technology actually seeks OE>> out duplicate files and saves space by storing them only OE>> once - it's completely transparent (unless you could your That's a nice try - especially when you expect them not to be one. :) OE>> transparent - but with MS i

Re: Microsoft Invents Symbolic Links

2000-03-03 Thread Stanislav Malyshev a.k.a Frodo
OE>> storage of just one instance is something else. If you just symlink OE>> some files to a single file, and the owner of that file deletes it, OE>> you're screwed. What this thingy does is take care of all of that (again, Hardlink? OE>> Good point. Still, I wouldn't expect HUGE savings (on t

Re: marketoids@matrox.... and some NFS

2000-03-03 Thread Daniel Feiglin
More to the point, I think, is when will the relevant drivers become available and on what basis. I would expect a free download to replace all the Windoze software which isn't much help. (I sent them a query about this.) In the mean time, you can use the XFree86 SVGA server or buy the Metro Link

OT: Re: Microsoft Invents Symbolic Links

2000-03-03 Thread Omer Efraim
"Stanislav Malyshev a.k.a Frodo" wrote: > > OE>> point to the same actual data). This technology actually seeks > OE>> out duplicate files and saves space by storing them only > OE>> once - it's completely transparent (unless you could your > > That's a nice try - especially when you expect them

Re: Microsoft Invents Symbolic Links

2000-03-03 Thread Adam Morrison
> OE>> storage of just one instance is something else. If you just symlink > OE>> some files to a single file, and the owner of that file deletes it, > OE>> you're screwed. What this thingy does is take care of all of that (again, > > Hardlink? What most of you are missing in your zealotness is

Re: Re: Microsoft Invents Symbolic Links

2000-03-03 Thread Omer
On Fri, 03 Mar 2000, Adam Morrison wrote: > Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2000 21:07:14 +0200 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Adam Morrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Microsoft Invents Symbolic Links > What most of you are missing in your zealotness is that the discussed > service is based on rep

Re: Re: Microsoft Invents Symbolic Links

2000-03-03 Thread Omer
On Fri, 03 Mar 2000, Adam Morrison wrote: > Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2000 21:07:14 +0200 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: Adam Morrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Microsoft Invents Symbolic Links > What most of you are missing in your zealotness is that the discussed > service is based on rep

Re: SuSe 6.3

2000-03-03 Thread Schlomo Schapiro
Well, I bought the SuSE 6.3 (in the Box w/ book). It has 6 CDs and lots (really lots) of packages. One can download from their FTP two other CDs: The SuSE 6.3 Evaluation (A Freeware SuSE 6.3) The SuSE 6.3 Live Filesystem CD (usually a one-CD bootable Linux, complete with X et al). I'll check the