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Xref: sserve comp.unix.aix:48812 comp.unix.bsd:15564 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:7733 comp.unix.solaris:28287 comp.unix.unixware:15170 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msunews!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.crl.com!crl2.crl.com!not-for-mail From: jpatrick@crl.com (J. Heather Patrick) Newsgroups: comp.unix.aix,comp.unix.bsd,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.unixware Subject: Re: Unix for PC Date: 12 Dec 1994 22:26:03 -0800 Organization: Chaos, Inc Lines: 25 Distribution: inet Message-ID: <3cjepr$e6o@crl2.crl.com> References: <3bvmo1$hgr@cascade.pnw.net> <3c86fs$3k5@bantu.Provo.Novell.COM> <rbbrownD0pIvC.2uJ@netcom.com> <3cie3e$rej@bantu.provo.novell.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: crl2.crl.com In article <3cie3e$rej@bantu.provo.novell.com>, Darren R. Davis <darrend@bikini.USG.Sandy.Novell.COM> wrote: >|> : |> 8) working man pages > >Have that many people really had problem with this? Yes. Everyone at my office who uses unixware hates it for that >|> >|> It means you don't have to recompile the kernel to add device drivers >|> or change tuning parameters or even add patches. All device drivers are >|> loadable. You can actually add new disks without turning off the >|> system, or change the number of pseudotty's or POSIX_CHOWN_RESTRICTED >|> (or however it's spelled) by editing a file and rebooting. > >Yes, UnixWare has all the dynamic loadable stuff just like Solaris, After >all, we are SVR4.2 where SunOS was only built on SVR4.0. Pardon? Is this the fabled UW 2.0? Have you been working on it for so long that you forget that the standard UW out there has to be recompiled with the C compiler first before reconfiguring the kernel?