Re: SATA drive + Windows == hate

2007-09-05 Thread Peter da Silva
On Sep 4, 2007, at 18:12, Michael G Schwern wrote: Note: rsyncX <--- the X is for "hacked to work with OS X metadata". http://archive.macosxlabs.org/rsyncx/rsyncx.html That's what it says. I believed it. That was a mistake. The fact that this wasn't just "clicky clicky" even on a Mac is hat

Re: SATA drive + Windows == hate

2007-09-05 Thread Michael G Schwern
Peter da Silva wrote: > > On Aug 30, 2007, at 2:09, Michael G Schwern wrote: > >> 3) Use rsyncx's somewhat clunky GUI to backup my drive and make the new >> one bootable. > > 13) Discover that rsync has removed some magic metadata from some > obscure file and now some old application won't

Re: SATA drive + Windows == hate

2007-09-05 Thread Peter da Silva
On Aug 30, 2007, at 2:09, Michael G Schwern wrote: 3) Use rsyncx's somewhat clunky GUI to backup my drive and make the new one bootable. 13) Discover that rsync has removed some magic metadata from some obscure file and now some old application won't work, even if I force it to run un

Re: Restart now, or restart in two minutes?

2007-09-05 Thread Peter da Silva
Besides, it's Unix. It can take a pretty bad beating before it loses its shit. It shouldn't even need a restart! Debian has spoiled me about a lot of things, and this is one of them. If Debian can update libc without needing a restart I think Apple can figure out how to update Quicktime with