From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 1 05:56:24 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E83616A421 for ; Fri, 1 Jun 2007 05:56:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CA2413C44C for ; Fri, 1 Jun 2007 05:56:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) Received: from TEDSDESK (nat-rtr.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.197.130]) by mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id l515XHDD026139; Thu, 31 May 2007 22:33:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tedm@toybox.placo.com) From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" To: "Robert Huff" , Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 22:34:37 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <18014.49617.224340.697794@jerusalem.litteratus.org> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1896 Importance: Normal X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (mail.freebsd-corp-net-guide.com [65.75.192.90]); Thu, 31 May 2007 22:33:18 -0700 (PDT) Cc: Subject: RE: The worst error message in history belongs to... BIND9! X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2007 05:56:24 -0000 > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]On Behalf Of Robert Huff > Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 5:39 AM > To: questions@freebsd.org > Subject: The worst error message in history belongs to... BIND9! > > > > =?iso-8859-1?Q?Kyrre_Nyg=E5rd?= writes: > > > It has to be the worst written error message in history. > > Not even close. I commend to you the Amiga's BSOD: > > IBM PS/2 POST messages were definitely the worst. Any error would simply issue a numeric code - no text whatsoever. You were to look the numeric code up in some manual or other. That was fine if the code came from a system on the motherboard. It was not fine if the code came from a non-IBM peripheral card since there was no master listing of 3rd party codes back in the old days. Here's a sample list: http://bioscentral.com/misc/ibmdiag.htm Ted