Re: Filesystems (was My First Computer)

[jmfbahciv@aol.com]

In article <v4hlo4k36u5uf1@corp.supernews.com>,
   Pete Fenelon <pete@fenelon.com> wrote:
>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.

Does Sun know they have a monitor bug?

/BAH