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- From: shwake@nearside.UUCP (Raymond Shwake)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.sys5.r4
- Subject: Re: What is lacking in UNIX? (Re: UNIVEL MUST BE KIDDING!!!!!)
- Message-ID: <79@nearside.UUCP>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 20:14:35 GMT
- References: <1992Dec18.014048.26507@Celestial.COM> <BzHCE5.8FG@chinet.chi.il.us> <2406@adagio.lemis.uucp> <BzL0p3.A1K@chinet.chi.il.us>
- Organization: A/C International
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- les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) writes:
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- >Dell has an escape clause that sometimes helps if the problem is
- >just a bad kernel build. When you boot up it gives you a few seconds
- >to hit the space bar and get a prompt for an alternate kernel to
- >boot. Unix.old is always the last copy that worked.
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- ISC UNIX uses OLD.unix, while still others use unix.old. Caramba!
- If they can't even standardize on a simple naming convention, what hope do
- we have?
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