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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.os.linux.development.system Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!bunyip.cc.uq.oz.au!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!surfnet.nl!sun4nl!rnzll3!sys3.pe1chl!rob From: rob@pe1chl.ampr.org (Rob Janssen) Subject: Re: The better (more suitable)Unix?? FreeBSD or Linux Reply-To: pe1chl@wab-tis.rabobank.nl Organization: PE1CHL Message-ID: <Dn67EK.3nB@pe1chl.ampr.org> References: <4er9hp$5ng@orb.direct.ca> <4f9skh$2og@dyson.iquest.net> <4fg8fe$j9i@pell.pell.chi.il.us> <311C5EB4.2F1CF0FB@freebsd.org> <4fjodg$o8k@venger.snds.com> <4fo1tu$n31@news.jf.intel.com> <DMrCE4.3HF@pe1chl.ampr.org> <4ftjt9$fjs@park.uvsc.edu> <DMv8w7.8H4@pe1chl.ampr.org> <4g5ivp$28m@park.uvsc.edu> <4gejrb$ogj@floyd.sw.oz.au> Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1996 09:23:08 GMT Lines: 28 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:14796 comp.os.linux.development.system:18545 In <4gejrb$ogj@floyd.sw.oz.au> jeremy@suede.sw.oz.au (Jeremy Fitzhardinge) writes: >In article <4g5ivp$28m@park.uvsc.edu>, > Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> writes: >>1) Sync enhances the security of your files following a >> crash and makes sure that part of one of your files >> does not end up in someone elses hands. >Actually, I have direct evidence that this is not so (and since we like >throwing around proofs and proof-like language, take this as disproof >by counterexample). On a Solaris 2.4/x86 system, I was involved in the >development of a device driver module. As part of the load process, >you use a program which updates some files and loads the module. In >this case, the load module was buggy and immediately crashed the system >on loading. On reboot, the two files which were modified by the module >loader had their contents partially swapped. Don't bother to tell Terry about your experiences, he will just declare your system obsolete and your tools out-of-date. Remember: sync metadata updates only work well on *his* system. On all others, it is just a drag. Rob -- +------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+ | Rob Janssen rob@knoware.nl | BBS: +31-302870036 (2300-0730 local) | | AMPRnet: rob@pe1chl.ampr.org | AX.25 BBS: PE1CHL@PI8WNO.#UTR.NLD.EU | +------------------------------------+--------------------------------------+