Comments on: Anything can go wrong http://www.randomsynapses.org/anything-can-go-wrong/ Small pieces of the buzzing ideas in my head. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:39:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Titel http://www.randomsynapses.org/anything-can-go-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-3314 Titel Tue, 15 Aug 2006 04:29:38 +0000 http://www.randomsynapses.org/anything-can-go-wrong/#comment-3314 Well, that's true. But then, being such a hands-on operating system, I doubt a Linux server would take the initiative to automatically do whatever the Windows server did on detecting the tape drive, which led to the screw-up. Between the two, I appreciate more the Linux server for not having its own mind and not doing things automatically, unexpectedly and uncontrollably, than the Windows server which does all that and then provides me some nice GUI tools to fix up the problems it created. The diagnostics we used were actually text mode, built into the SCSI RAID contoller and activated with a key combination before POST completion. They had a basic text-mode interface with a menu bar, not command line. Well, that’s true. But then, being such a hands-on operating system, I doubt a Linux server would take the initiative to automatically do whatever the Windows server did on detecting the tape drive, which led to the screw-up. Between the two, I appreciate more the Linux server for not having its own mind and not doing things automatically, unexpectedly and uncontrollably, than the Windows server which does all that and then provides me some nice GUI tools to fix up the problems it created.

The diagnostics we used were actually text mode, built into the SCSI RAID contoller and activated with a key combination before POST completion. They had a basic text-mode interface with a menu bar, not command line.

]]> By: Ervin http://www.randomsynapses.org/anything-can-go-wrong/comment-page-1/#comment-3312 Ervin Mon, 14 Aug 2006 01:00:46 +0000 http://www.randomsynapses.org/anything-can-go-wrong/#comment-3312 Now imagine how funny it would have been if it were an effin' Linux server, with text mode diagnostics. :) Now imagine how funny it would have been if it were an effin’ Linux server, with text mode diagnostics. :)

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