Messages in this thread | | | From | "Khimenko Victor" <> | Date | Fri, 23 Jul 1999 05:11:34 +0400 (MSD) | Subject | Re: FS corruption... some help maybe?? |
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In <013701bed49d$51f642c0$020aa8c0@artemis.rawbz.dynip.com> Robert Purdy (rpurdy@voyager.co.nz) wrote: >>> 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)
Hmm. This means that there are you can erase opened file ? Since lack of such ability is source of 90% reboots :-(( BTW old programs will reboot on installation anyway...
> It will be intresting to see which changes it still has to reboot for.
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