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From: jcburt@gatsibm.larc.nasa.gov ()
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: Re: 386bsd, linux: which runs more out of the box?
Date: 25 Mar 1993 13:10:04 GMT
Organization: NASA Langley Research Center
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References: <1op7io$r4n@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <SCT.93Mar24134609@colonsay.dcs.ed.ac.uk> <1oprgt$pk6@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu>
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In article <1oprgt$pk6@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu> root@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (Square Root) writes:
>
>In article <SCT.93Mar24134609@colonsay.dcs.ed.ac.uk> sct@dcs.ed.ac.uk
>(Stephen Tweedie) writes:
>>
>> There have been quite a few reports recently of apparent file system
>> problems occurring because of SCSI problems, but I have not heard of
>> any actual extfs bugs recently.
>
>That seems unlikely to have been my problem, since the machine it lost
>on most frequently has an ESDI disk.
>
>> If you could give some idea of what your problems are, it might be
>> possible to isolate the problem and even find a solution.
>
>It is not worth my time to track it down.
>
I guess you should have gone with a commercial version of UNIX for your
PC and pay others to track down your problems, instead of installing Linux
on your machines. Ever hear of the saying "There ain't no such thing as a 
free lunch..." ? If your time is so
limited and valuable, what are you doing reading a Newsgroup that averages
150-175 posting daily ?

John