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New Re: Nothing to do with sacrosanct
but everytime (of course depending on how one makes money for their respective company) is a learning knowledge transfer experience. Always of value. Using manage speak I am the mumbler in the corner who can do anything that no one else can figure out as opposed to the team member who can sort of do a lot but passes off to the mumbler when arcane crap comes up. Lots of room for team members, mumblers one per work sector.
regards,
daemon
New What the hell is that supposed to mean?
That you do obscure things in order to protect your turf?

What arcane task REQUIRES you to recompile your kernel?

And yes, I accept that there will be times that require it, but it should be made with complete knowledge of the possible downsides.

Here is an example that bit my boss THIS MORNING.

He has a new wiz-bang 3ware card. High end, top of the line. And no distro currently has drivers for it. So he went through the painful step by step setting up a box to boot from IDE while also having the card in it. He compiled the driver and munged the box to then use it for booting so he could then pull the IDE out of the picture. He had everything tuned and running nicely.

And BANG!

Security update from Suse and he forgot to mark the kernel as untouchable.

Reboots the box, fails to see his boot disk.

DOA.

He asked me if I would be willing to swap my previous generation 3ware card. Not a chance. I offered him an 9 year old EISA DAC960 SCSI controller. He didn't take it.
New Re: What the hell is that supposed to mean?
discuss that over beers in july :)
regards,
bill
     which distro should I use - (daemon) - (91)
         Debian, duh :-) -NT - (pwhysall) - (3)
             No Mandrake Susie? -NT - (daemon) - (2)
                 I used to use Mandrake. - (bepatient) - (1)
                     Ill try both -NT - (daemon)
         128k? Really? Wow. -NT - (drewk) - (5)
             Time for a RAM disk! -NT - (admin)
             K M wtf difference :-) -NT - (daemon)
             He's sorry he doesn't have 768 GB like Joe. - (Another Scott) - (2)
                 You have an entirely too comprehensive... - (pwhysall) - (1)
                     Some things stick in my head, lots and lots doesn't. -NT - (Another Scott)
         Ummm, my standard answer. - (folkert)
         That was a doofus question... - (hnick) - (12)
             Are you saying that Debian is a religion? -NT - (ben_tilly) - (11)
                 'round here it is... -NT - (hnick)
                 Re: Are you saying that Debian is a religion? - (daemon) - (6)
                     ICLRPD (new thread) - (drewk)
                     That's a good summary of the state of proprietary software - (ben_tilly) - (4)
                         hmm I thought debian was an operating system :-) -NT - (daemon) - (3)
                             No, it is more than an OS. - (folkert) - (2)
                                 Bullshit -NT - (deSitter) - (1)
                                     Okay, another... - (folkert)
                 Yes, I would. I believe it is. - (folkert) - (2)
                     I barf in your fans -NT - (deSitter) - (1)
                         Take a minute - (folkert)
         SuSE - (deSitter) - (21)
             Trevor? thats fsckin out then -NT - (daemon)
             What are you a Troll? (new thread) - (folkert)
             Well, I'll give you partial credit - (folkert) - (8)
                 To infinity and beyond! - (deSitter) - (7)
                     Quaint. But fetid in taste. -NT - (folkert)
                     You know nothing but still mock it? - (ben_tilly) - (5)
                         never stopped anyone before :-) -NT - (daemon)
                         Debbiean I knew - I don't watch cartoons - (deSitter) - (3)
                             Care to define "success"? - (ben_tilly) - (2)
                                 Yes - dollars, pervasiveness, and trust - (deSitter) - (1)
                                     Well in the server category... - (ben_tilly)
             You've got a nerve. (new thread) - (pwhysall)
             Actually I agree - (drewk) - (8)
                 Not to mention - (pwhysall) - (1)
                     Thanks, my google-fu was lacking -NT - (drewk)
                 Stupidity is boundless -NT - (deSitter)
                 Best Version Ever - (pwhysall)
                 Have you tried buying one of those by name? - (a6l6e6x) - (3)
                     Have you ever tried to buy Woody? - (drewk) - (2)
                         I get offers to buy Woody in my Inbox every day... :/ -NT - (FuManChu)
                         Point: Don't use or complain about the Woody name. -NT - (a6l6e6x)
         I'll take a contrarian view - (broomberg) - (44)
             why not recompile the kernel? - (daemon) - (43)
                 Nothing to do with sacrosanct - (broomberg) - (42)
                     Re: Nothing to do with sacrosanct - (daemon) - (2)
                         What the hell is that supposed to mean? - (broomberg) - (1)
                             Re: What the hell is that supposed to mean? - (daemon)
                     absurd - (deSitter) - (38)
                         Ahh, so maybe I get to learn something - (broomberg) - (2)
                             Ok, sorry out of line to say "absurd" - (deSitter) - (1)
                                 You mean that he's the ONLY one? - (ben_tilly)
                         What's the cost-benefit analysis of such an exercise? - (pwhysall) - (34)
                             Re: What's the cost-benefit analysis of such an exercise? - (deSitter) - (33)
                                 Feel free to answer the question. - (pwhysall) - (32)
                                     It's an attitude - (deSitter) - (31)
                                         Answer the question. -NT - (pwhysall)
                                         As the duly appointed business "Linux" person - (broomberg) - (29)
                                             Re: As the duly appointed business "Linux" person - (deSitter) - (28)
                                                 Stale libs? - (pwhysall) - (27)
                                                     Be more specific - (deSitter) - (26)
                                                         Scenario: You update using YaST. - (pwhysall) - (25)
                                                             ? SuSE is RPM based - (deSitter) - (24)
                                                                 Answer the question. - (pwhysall)
                                                                 Not what he is asking. - (folkert) - (22)
                                                                     Re: Not what he is asking. - (deSitter) - (21)
                                                                         You are missing the POINT! - (folkert) - (20)
                                                                             So? - (deSitter) - (19)
                                                                                 Unless I'm missing something...... - (n3jja) - (18)
                                                                                     Re: Unless I'm missing something...... - (daemon) - (1)
                                                                                         Did you read - (folkert)
                                                                                     Re: Unless I'm missing something...... - (deSitter) - (15)
                                                                                         Re Re Wind - (pwhysall) - (4)
                                                                                             Ok, that's nice - (deSitter) - (3)
                                                                                                 Good luck with that. - (pwhysall) - (2)
                                                                                                     Can I alter it for RPM? -NT - (deSitter) - (1)
                                                                                                         I dunno. Can you? - (pwhysall)
                                                                                         BTW.... - (folkert) - (6)
                                                                                             Always wondered: is the "L" silent as in "folk"? Guessing no -NT - (FuManChu) - (1)
                                                                                                 As in: - (folkert)
                                                                                             Re: BTW.... - (deSitter) - (3)
                                                                                                 His so pissy what? - (pwhysall) - (2)
                                                                                                     HEY!! - (n3jja) - (1)
                                                                                                         Yeah, you pasty skinned photon trap! -NT - (deSitter)
                                                                                         Okay then... another thing - (folkert) - (2)
                                                                                             Re: Okay then... another thing - (deSitter) - (1)
                                                                                                 Eaxctly the point I was trying to make. - (folkert)

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