kony wrote:

"Hope"? This is an example of what I'd posted in a prior
thread, that I advise one not to learn _while_ setting up a
data storage subsystem but prior to doing so.

That's where you made your mistake. Most normal people learn from
experience. Not everyone has a pin-head that needs to be buried in a book
for a long swot just in case they **** up. Maybe if your parents had
molly-coddled you a little less.