Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2001 13:11:03 +0100 From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@atkielski.com> To: "Mike Meyer" <mwm@mired.org> Cc: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Multi-processor Support Message-ID: <017e01c16917$bf61b360$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <15339.20383.222555.482111@guru.mired.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Mike Meyer writes: > I think you're suffering from MSBD (MicroSoft > Brain Damage). I was working on mainframes long before I saw anything from Microsoft, and the same rule applied. It applies to all operating systems. By definition, the kernel is critical to the functioning of the system; anything messed up in the kernel generally prevents the system from running. > As far as I can tell, it's easier to back out > of failed kernel install on Unix than it is to > back out a failed application install on > Windows. That is also my impression, based on my first attempt to build a custom kernel yesterday. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?017e01c16917$bf61b360$0a00000a>