From: weage AT resnet DOT gatech DOT edu (Joshua Weage)
Subject: Re: pentium bug
9 Nov 1997 13:15:34 -0800
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To: "Alex" <garbanzo AT hooked DOT net>
Cc: "root" <root AT jacob DOT remcomp DOT fr>, <gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com>

>> 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.
>
>With filesystems other than FAT{16|32}, this can lead to data loss due to
>filesystem corruption, which is a problem.  On any system this can lead to
>loss of whatever data is in ram, before your system crashes, on a server
>like system this can also force costly downtime.


    I realize that it can cause file corruption, but like I said above, it
is possible to crash UNIX based systems also.  No system is 100% crash free,
it is just easier to cause crashes on certain types of systems.

Josh


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