From: gte855f@prism.gatech.edu (Joshua Weage) Subject: Re: pentium bug 10 Nov 1997 20:41:59 -0800 Message-ID: <01bcee53$b45fba40$5f353d80.cygnus.gnu-win32@weage.resnet.gatech.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: "gnu-win32" >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 - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request@cygnus.com" with one line of text: "help".