(Excerpts from a message dated 10-29-99, Linda Proulx to Murray Lesser,
  original topic: Extended Attributes)

Hi Linda--

 ML>     If I might make a suggestion:  You are never going to learn all you
 ML> should know by the process you are using: throwing out a question every
 ML> time you run across an OS/2 term you don't recognize.  I suggest that

LP>True, but I can't just let these terms go by when I see them.  Also,
  >I want to get beyond the "a liitle knowledge is dangerous" period
  >soon.

    One never gets beyond that period :-).  Even though some people
think that they have.  That is why a few of the answers you get to your
queries here don't make much sense :-).

 ML> either you get a good textbook about OS/2, or (better yet) install it,

LP>Nothing found in the used book stores yet.

    Try the public library.  Especially try (if available) the section
in the Public Library that sells their old (and donated) books.

    Better, just install OS/2 and start really learning by trial and
error.  There is a pretty good tutorial and lots of "help" files, some
of which actually do help.  If nothing else, you will have a better idea
as to what questions to ask and how to interpret the answers, after you
have tried a few things and pondered over the strange results.  Assume
that you are going to repartition and reinstall a few times during the
learning process, so don't worry too much about getting it right the
first time.  It is fairly hard to do any real damage under OS/2,
especially if you avoid "DEL *.*" commands and keep good backups .

    Regards,

        --Murray

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