Re: Filesystems (was My First Computer)

[Pete Fenelon <pete@fenelon.com>]

In alt.folklore.computers Bill Leary <Bill_Leary@msn.com> wrote:
> "Rupert Pigott" <roo@dark-try-removing-this-boong.demon.co.uk> wrote in
> message 1044916559.899356@saucer.planet.gong">news:1044916559.899356@saucer.planet.gong...
>> > > IE crashed your UNIX box ? Whoa...
>> >
>> > Proving that anything from Microsoft has unlimited capabilities.
>> > I didn't know such a thing existed, but if it does it is probably
>> > designed to cause as much trouble as possible.
>>
>> My guess is that it managed to find a way to bust up the XServer
>> so bad that the XServer barfed on some priveledged address-space.
> 
> I suspect you're correct.  At my previous job, we managed to do this with an
> older version of SUN-OS and the X-Server.  But then, we were actually
> hacking the X-Server, so we expected some trouble.
> 
> In the IE case, the machine froze up entirely.  Couldn't even access it
> remotely.  The only thing that DID work was the L1-A entrance to BIOS for a
> reboot.

Eek. I have IE5 on my Sparcbook 3GX - but I've always been too scared to
even try running it. I don't think I'll try.

pete
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