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Re: Filesystems -- was: Linux in a School envrionment



>>>It isn't critical at all.  Not even certain that XFS bears any
>>>resemblence to Aegis (which is either "age" or "stone" in Latin, BTW, 
>>>I can't remember that either).
>>Neither, it's Greek. The aegis was the shield of Zeus with Medusa's held
>>Krazy Glued to it.
>Hmmm, could be, I don't know any Greek, but I'm pretty sure it's Latin too... 
>I'll look it up when I go home for lunch so we can solve this pressing issue.

My mistake, I'm confusing it with "Aetas" which means "age".  ("Lapis" is "stone", and right next to it on the page,  one of the funny ways the human brain can mess things up, even though I haven't looked in the book for years).