Friday, January 7, 2011
Can't remember what I had for breakfast on this day. Sent to students the announcement regarding end-of-life for Sophos for Windows, slightly revised from yesterday's draft. Notif ied Chris W that the email address he requested for UCSF-FDA Transportal is now live. Listserv management. Sent Jon J feedback on the PGP instructions and installation. In particular, the page at https:// pgp.custhelp.com/ app/ answers/ detail/ a_id/ 1697 says: "Warning: Windows XP on NTFS is not supported with Boot Camp," but this issue is not clearly stated, and it doesn't clarify what one should do in this case. I believe that it would be clearer to state this issue as: "PGP should not be installed when you use Windows XP in Boot Camp on an NTFS-formatted volume because WDE will be unable to edit the boot.ini file. If you use Windows XP in Boot Camp on an NTFS-formatted volume, you have 3 choices: a. Upgrade XP to Vista or 7, then proceed with WDE in OS X only. OR b. Keep XP, convert NTFS to FAT32, then proceed with WDE in OS X only. OR c. Keep XP, install a third party NTFS driver such as NTFS-3G, then proceed with WDE in OS X only." Lunch: La Terrasse with Eric and Susie for a special new year's lunch. Web team meeting at Laurel Heights. Shuttle back to Parnassus. Helped student KP with downloading SEP. Supp app project work in Drupal. Stopped at the hardware store, returned 2 light bulbs. Picked up some items at Arizmendi Bakery. To home. Dinner: veggie foccacia, hot water. Read more from Patrick's draft of a new novel. To bed early. Jetlag seems to still be affecting me.