From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 22 15:37:50 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E41EB16A4D0 for ; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 15:37:50 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp11.wanadoo.fr (smtp11.wanadoo.fr [193.252.22.31]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3E95D43D55 for ; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 15:37:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from atkielski.anthony@wanadoo.fr) Received: from me-wanadoo.net (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by mwinf1109.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 740C71C000A4 for ; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 16:37:49 +0100 (CET) Received: from pix.atkielski.com (ASt-Lambert-111-2-1-3.w81-50.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.50.80.3]) by mwinf1109.wanadoo.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 4D44F1C0008B for ; Tue, 22 Mar 2005 16:37:49 +0100 (CET) X-ME-UUID: 20050322153749316.4D44F1C0008B@mwinf1109.wanadoo.fr Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 16:37:48 +0100 From: Anthony Atkielski X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Message-ID: <7310064775.20050322163748@wanadoo.fr> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <334ed8bd3d1e5ee9582b706d65919fb4@chrononomicon.com> References: <423E116D.50805@usmstudent.com> <423EEE60.2050205@dial.pipex.com> <18510151385.20050321193911@wanadoo.fr> <1975192207.20050322041925@wanadoo.fr> <1688160068.20050322102514@wanadoo.fr> <334ed8bd3d1e5ee9582b706d65919fb4@chrononomicon.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Anthony's drive issues.Re: ssh password delay X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 15:37:51 -0000 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