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From: taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw (Brian Tao)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.sys.intel
Subject: Re: I have one thing to say about Windows '95 & FreeBSD
Date: 31 Aug 1995 08:19:29 GMT
Organization: Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica
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In article <adtDE4xEp.Jyn@netcom.com>, Anthony D. Tribelli <adt@netcom.com> wrote:
>
>Win95 does lets you step through the configuration files.
Automatically upon detecting an error?
>: >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. 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. 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. Same also applies to all OS's from Apple II DOS
3.3 up to Solaris, IRIX, Hurd, what have you.
>Is the FreeBSD community so insecure that they feel the need to create
>these contrived problems where FreeBSD can come to the rescue?
Not at all. 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'm sure Win95 has plenty of real flaws, could we try discussing them
>instead of this contrived crap?
Probably better to take it to a Windows group then.
--
Brian ("Though this be madness, yet there is method in't") Tao
taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw <-- work ........ play --> taob@io.org