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Date:      Thu, 5 Dec 1996 16:38:11 -0800 (PST)
From:      Jaye Mathisen  <mrcpu@cdsnet.net>
To:        Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Another easy way to crash your FreeBSD box.
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.95.961205163709.1925X-100000@mail.cdsnet.net>
In-Reply-To: <199612060035.LAA24169@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>

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No, I didn't want NFS on this box at all, which is why I was amused to see
the mount not fail.  If the mount would've failed, I would've remembered,
"Hey, this is the box without NFS"...

Regardless, a crash is ridiculous.

On Fri, 6 Dec 1996, Michael Smith wrote:

> Date: Fri, 6 Dec 1996 11:05:48 +1030 (CST)
> From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
> To: Jaye Mathisen <mrcpu@cdsnet.net>
> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: Another easy way to crash your FreeBSD box.
> 
> Jaye Mathisen stands accused of saying:
> > 
> > Remove all references to NFS from your kernel.
> > 
> > Build and boot new kernel.
> > 
> > mount xxx:/usr/src /usr/src
> > 
> > succeeds, interestingly enough, then try and access the mounted dir.
> >
> > Wave goodbye.
> 
> Rebuild your NFS lkm?
> 
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