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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.sys.intel Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!pravda.aa.msen.com!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!news.sprintlink.net!in2.uu.net!news.erinet.com!netcom.com!adt From: adt@netcom.com (Anthony D. Tribelli) Subject: Re: I have one thing to say about Windows '95 & FreeBSD Message-ID: <adtDE6rLM.K4K@netcom.com> Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.sys.intel Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 261-4700 guest) X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL1] References: <41gceu$i14@mirv.unsw.edu.au> <adtDE195B.GA1@netcom.com> <41un0e$3jm@gate.sinica.edu.tw> <adtDE4xEp.Jyn@netcom.com> <423rah$96m@gate.sinica.edu.tw> Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 17:36:58 GMT Lines: 42 Sender: adt@netcom21.netcom.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:5161 comp.sys.intel:46357 Brian Tao (taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw) wrote: : >Win95 does lets you step through the configuration files. : Automatically upon detecting an error? Just out of curiosity, what does FreeBSD do in similar situations? : >: >Can't boot to the command line and run edit? : >: Not always possible, depending on the state of you config.sys or : >: whatever else Win95 needs to boot. : > : >Do you have any Win95 experience? Win95 does not need config.sys to boot. : Nope, none at all, nor do I need any for this argument... Great, your lecturing on a subject, Win95, that you are completely ignorant of. : ... I can say : with confidence that any OS will require at least a minimal set of : support files in order to complete a boot cycle and bring up some sort : of editor... Yes, but we are talking about fixing config.sys, which is not needed. : Therefore, my assertion is that if one such critical file : were missing, Win95 would not be able to boot far enough to actually : bring up an editor... Incorrect assertion with regard to config.sys and autoexec.bat. : ... Mr Hasty simply pointed out that to solve his : problem, it was easier for him to boot another OS to fix a problem : with the first OS. I will agree that it is all he knew how to do, but it would have been easier to run edit from the command line. Tony -- ------------------ Tony Tribelli adtribelli@acm.org