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Xref: sserve comp.os.linux:31357 comp.os.386bsd.questions:1082 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bruce.cs.monash.edu.au!monu6!aurora.cc.monash.edu.au!ins407x From: ins407x@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Andrew J. Cosgriff !) Subject: Re: 386bsd, linux: which runs more out of the box? Message-ID: <ins407x.733191967@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au> Sender: news@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au (Usenet system) Organization: Monash University, Melb., Australia. References: <C4BowL.DK3@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> <1ome2o$1lu6@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <1993Mar23.085058.13670@serval.net.wsu.edu> <CGD.93Mar23030821@erewhon.CS.Berkeley.EDU> <hwr.732890376@snert.ka.sub.org> <SCT.93Mar23224452@belnahua.dcs.ed.ac.uk> <hwr.732964586@snert.ka.sub.org> <1ou728INNhfn@aludra.usc.edu> Date: Sat, 27 Mar 1993 00:26:07 GMT Lines: 32 jimmyhua@aludra.usc.edu (Jimmy Huang) writes: >Umm, yeah that's one of the things i hate about linux. If you do a quick >reboot, (i.e. flip the switch). your FS sometimes gets permanently screwed. >Is this true with 386BSD too? If not, please e-mail me and tell me about it >as this newsgroup is too high volume to real regularly. This is true of UNIX systems in general - it's not specifically linked to any special implementation - if you turn off your unix box without sync'ing first, a few files disappear and an fsck will say it found bad inodes, etc. etc. and fix it up to some extent... If you're really unlucky, perhaps your FS will get screwed, but it's certainly not the norm. By the way, guys, is all this crap really necessary ? The most important thing about having 386BSD and Linux around is that we have the CHOICE to make our OWN decisions about what we want to use - all the ****heads denouncing each other's OS's are just wasting their time - if they want to support their OS they should do something CONSTRUCTIVE instead of acting like it's a goddamn English soccer match. I'm happily using Linux, but only because it was what I came across first - if I had the extra hard disk space, I'd be more than happy to run both and decide for myself which one to use. But until that time, I'll use what I've got. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Andrew J. Cosgriff ! * "Connect the goddamn dots !" (Ministry) #define HERE cc.monash.edu.au #include <std_disclaimer.h> Hassle me at : ins407x@aurora.HERE ; ins407x@lindblat.HERE ; cos@yoyo.HERE