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Re: pentium bug
- To: "gnu-win32" <gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com>
- Subject: Re: pentium bug
- From: "Joshua Weage" <gte855f at prism dot gatech dot edu>
- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 22:41:33 -0500
>On Sat, 8 Nov 1997, Joshua Weage wrote:
>> So what is the problem with a hard reboot? Your system will not be
>> insecure, it will just crash. The same thing can be done to a sun
>> workstation, not quite as quick, but it is possible to force a hard
reboot
>> with no other available options to get the system back up.
>
>it's not a crash. it does not go to hard reboot. It locks up tighter than
>a drum. The only way to get the machine going again is to walk over to
>the reset button and push it. A crash or reboot would be a much better
>failure, believe me.
I guess I wasn't clear. What I meant was that it required someone to
hard reboot the server, it did not reboot itself. SDRC I-DEAS is notorious
for locking up machines. UNIX os's without process limits are quite easy to
bring down also.
Josh
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