barker@ems.Ems.MN.ORG (Bob Barker) (07/19/88)
While glancing at an article in the recent issue of Mini/Micro Systems I read a quote that I'd love to confirm so that I can use it. The article is "Unix on the PC" written by Bob Morein. The quote reads: "As with most sophisticated computer systems, panics will occasionally occur; they should not cause much concern," Mr. Morein says this quote is from The UNIX System Administrator's Guide. Well, I've got the Unix System V Administrator's Guide for DEC Processors and I don't see it anywhere. Is this in a BSD manual somewhere? Does anybody have an idea where I might find this quote if it does exist? Thanks! -Bob ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bob Barker UUCP: ...!amdahl!bungia!ems!barker or barker@ems.mn.org EMS/McGraw-Hill ATT: (612) 829-8200 9855 West 78th Street FAX: (612) 829-1839 Eden Prairie, MN 55344
woods@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu (Greg Woods) (07/20/88)
In article <6430@ems.Ems.MN.ORG> barker@ems.Ems.MN.ORG (Bob Barker) writes: >While glancing at an article in the recent issue of Mini/Micro Systems >I read a quote that I'd love to confirm so that I can use it. The >article is "Unix on the PC" written by Bob Morein. The quote reads: > > "As with most sophisticated computer systems, > panics will occasionally occur; they should > not cause much concern," > >Mr. Morein says this quote is from The UNIX System Administrator's Guide. >Well, I've got the Unix System V Administrator's Guide for DEC Processors >and I don't see it anywhere. Is this in a BSD manual somewhere? Does >anybody have an idea where I might find this quote if it does exist? It is on page C-13 (that's p. 13 in Appendix C) of the "UNIX System V Release 3.0: System Administrator's Guide". What he fails to note is that the surrounding text states PANICS are usually caused by hardware problems, or ***MINOR*** problems in the kernel, and warns that frequent PANICS will require attention of a service rep. I read the implication in is as: there will probably be a few bugs in the release, and reporting every panic would overload any and all support personnel, with little result. >Thanks! > >-Bob > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Bob Barker UUCP: ...!amdahl!bungia!ems!barker or barker@ems.mn.org >EMS/McGraw-Hill ATT: (612) 829-8200 >9855 West 78th Street FAX: (612) 829-1839 >Eden Prairie, MN 55344 -- Greg Woods. UUCP: utgpu!woods, utgpu!{cpcc, ontmoh, ontmoh!cpcc, tmsoft!cpcc}!woods VOICE: (416) 242-7572 [h] LOCATION: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
jimi@h-three.UUCP (jimi) (07/20/88)
In article <6430@ems.Ems.MN.ORG>, barker@ems.Ems.MN.ORG (Bob Barker) writes: > I read a quote that I'd love to confirm so that I can use it. The > article is "Unix on the PC" written by Bob Morein. The quote reads: > > "As with most sophisticated computer systems, > panics will occasionally occur; they should > not cause much concern," > > Does anybody have an idea where I might find this quote if it does exist? The quote is in the _System Administrator's Guide_ for UNIX System V, Release 3.0 in the section on errors in the back of the manual. -- Jim Ingram h-three!jimi@rti.rti.org | ...mcnc!rti!h-three!jimi h-Three Systems Corporation P.O. Box 12557 RTP NC 27709 919 549 8334