Compared to the average person on the street, I would be considered a full blown geek. However in this forum, I would label myself in the "Intermediate Geek" or "Geek-Lite" category...meaning, although my career is the accounting/financial realm, I have a natural curiosity and aptitude for tech-type things. I'm not a hard-core expert on any one thing, but I have a moderate or better understanding of a lot of different things (i.e. Windows, Mac/AppleScripts, terminate Cat5/RJ11/Coax, Dish/SatTV, HDTV, know the iMovie trick for "dealing" with iTunes songs, etc). On a scale of 1-10, using /def/null (10) and my mom (1) as benchmarks, I put myself as a 7 or 8.
Anyway, I don't know why I felt the urge to bore everyone with my resume (probably to show to myself I am "worthy" to participate..lol), but I do have a question for def/null on this subject. Since Linux and Mac OS X both use a Unix-based kernel, could your findings (whatever they turn out to be) also apply to a Mac OS X box? I've never messed with Linux directly, so I'm not sure how the Unix parts of Linux and the Mac OS compare/contrast.
BTW, your post a while back on the other thread explaining DD dump, UUID, etc was excellent and helpful. There were a couple of things in there I didn't know.