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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!news.vbc.net!samba.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!olivea!charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!newshub.csu.net!imci3!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.zeitgeist.net!usenet From: "Amancio Hasty Jr." <hasty@star-gate.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: linux vs freebsd in stability? Date: Thu, 23 May 1996 04:09:42 -0700 Organization: TLGnet Inc., (formerly The Little Garden) Lines: 27 Message-ID: <31A44776.41C67EA6@star-gate.com> References: <4nlgap$18do@ns3-1.CC.Lehigh.EDU> NNTP-Posting-Host: rah.star-gate.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0b3 (X11; I; FreeBSD 2.1-STABLE i386) a052@Lehigh.EDU wrote: > > i am running linux 1.2.13 (which is supposedly "stable") but am unsatisfied > with its stability. i put very little load on this machine (i basically just > use minicom, pppd, a few x apps, compile some stuff occasionally) but have > lost 3 file systems due to lockups. my kernel is properly configured and my > hardware tests out ok, so i assume linux is just buggy. is freebsd any more > stable? ftp.cdrom.com's machine seems to be a great advertisement for > freebsd's stability, but i'm just curious. > > thank you for any info. > I find FreeBSD-stable quite stable . Had my share of scsi related problems however after my bad disk finally died and got replaced my system runs quite solid. And Yes , I put heavy loads on my systems all the time. You may consider upgrading to the latest linux kernel . -- Amancio Hasty Hasty Software Consulting Services Tel: 415-495-3046 Fax: 415-495-3046 Cellular: 415-309-8434 e-mail: hasty@star-gate.com Powered by FreeBSD