Sacrificial Linux boxes

[D. Hageman]

On Tue, 22 Mar 2005, David Nicol wrote:
>
> 1:  kernel freeze or driver crash is not going to wipe your file system.
> having a known-good kernel on a boot floppy or in your lilo configuration is
> a basic necessity when building your own kernel.  Backing up all files
> and installing microparticle filters is advised when you need to do
> full CYA.

Actually this is not completely true.  A kernel freeze and driver cash 
could mess up your file system if you are working with file system modules 
or a interface driver (raid, etc).  It is also possible, but not likely 
that not unmounting your drives properly could also cause similar issues. 
;-)

> 2: All hardware is resilient to destruction due to system crashes that
> require cold reboots.  Microporcessor engineers did away with the HCF machine
> code instruction long ago.

If you are working with a video card driver you could theoretically drive 
your monitor incorrectly and mess it up.

In general I would tend to agree with your claims though.

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