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Re: pentium bug
- To: Joshua Weage <gte855f at prism dot gatech dot edu>
- Subject: Re: pentium bug
- From: "Ron G. Minnich" <rminnich at sarnoff dot com>
- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 11:16:26 -0500 (EST)
- cc: root <root at jacob dot remcomp dot fr>, gnu-win32 at cygnus dot com
On Sat, 8 Nov 1997, Joshua Weage wrote:
> So what is the problem with a hard reboot? Your system will not be
> insecure, it will just crash. The same thing can be done to a sun
> workstation, not quite as quick, but it is possible to force a hard reboot
> with no other available options to get the system back up.
it's not a crash. it does not go to hard reboot. It locks up tighter than
a drum. The only way to get the machine going again is to walk over to
the reset button and push it. A crash or reboot would be a much better
failure, believe me.
This is a bit of a problem for many scenarios, proof left to reader.
ron
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