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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