Re: FS corruption... some help maybe??
Robert Purdy (rpurdy@voyager.co.nz)
Fri, 23 Jul 1999 11:52:53 +1200
>> I don't consider a upgrade of any piece of software that does not
>> belong directly to the kernel as being a system internal. I.E. an
>> upgrade of an office-package should be no reason at all to reboot
>> the system. - In fact, where I work, we replaced (updated) the
>> complete Applixware-package overnight on all our customers
workstations.
>> - Hasslefree, without any complains and not a single reboot!
>>
>> - after a severe crash: Filesystemschecks - But you only need to go into
>> singleusermode for that! (Same goes for chancges in the /etc/hosts)
>>
>> When you leave these rare and necessary occasions away, what is left?
>>
>> Exact the situations, where NT falls over it's own bootstraps.
>
>
>This is the problem. Win95/Win98/WinNT has to be rebooted a dozen times
>just to install a new software package or piece of hardware. And everyone
>gets used to the idea that changing anything (dial-up networking, etc)
>means a "you must now reboot windows for your changes to take effect."
>
>Unix/Linux isn't like that...
>
>fortunately...
>
>
This maybe a moot point that becomes extinct with the introduction of
win2000. Rumour has it reboots are down to 5 instead of 50 for various
changes. (According to PCWorld May 99)
It will be intresting to see which changes it still has to reboot for.
Cheers
Rob
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