Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 16:37:48 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski <atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Anthony's drive issues.Re: ssh password delay Message-ID: <7310064775.20050322163748@wanadoo.fr> In-Reply-To: <334ed8bd3d1e5ee9582b706d65919fb4@chrononomicon.com> References: <423E116D.50805@usmstudent.com> <423EEE60.2050205@dial.pipex.com> <18510151385.20050321193911@wanadoo.fr> <eeef1a4c0503211224572d64e4@mail.gmail.com> <1975192207.20050322041925@wanadoo.fr> <eeef1a4c050322010021fd8eb4@mail.gmail.com> <1688160068.20050322102514@wanadoo.fr> <334ed8bd3d1e5ee9582b706d65919fb4@chrononomicon.com>
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Bart Silverstrim writes: > Depends on the problem. Windows 98 needed more reboots than NT did on > the same hardware. By your comparison they should be the same in > reliability and performance, no? No, by my comparison they should experience the same hardware errors (or absence thereof). > But you didn't replace the oil. You replaced the engine and > transmission. The OS is a little more than "just changing the oil" in > car analogies. All the more reason to suspect the OS. > Actually I think he suggested that NT was hiding the problem. Fine. What exactly _is_ the problem? FreeBSD is certainly spewing no end of output to the console about it, but nobody seems to know what it means. > Is anyone on this list running a twenty year old version of UNIX on > their system? Most are running something of at least the 4.x line of > FreeBSD, I thought... Unless 4.x was a total rewrite from scratch with a design completely different from that of UNIX, it's more than twenty years old. > You tried it, you didn't like it, reinstall NT and see if diagnostic > software turns anything up and if not then see if the hardware > continues to run hunky-dory for the next year or so without failing. > No harm, no foul. I didn't say I didn't like it, I said that it has trouble dealing with my SCSI disks. > Usually the first one I've heard is to check the compatibility list, > because that's hardware that it's been tested on. Your hardware is on > the list? Yes. -- Anthony
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