Hi Murray,

On 31-Oct-99, Murray Lesser wrote to Linda Proulx:

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

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

:-) Too true, there is so much there...



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

I'll second that.
But you should have warned her that under OS/2 "DEL *" is even _more_
dangerous than "DEL *.*" :-)

George

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