MicroVAX 3100 booting question...

From: Iggy Drougge <optimus_at_canit.se>
Date: Fri Apr 27 17:27:46 2001

Bill Pechter skrev:

>> healyzh skrev:
>> ><sigh> Kindly never apply for a job where I'm working.
>>
>> If they can't handle that, they don't belong in any even remotely critical
>> applications.

>Just because they're not blinking the disk lights enough
>for you to see (btw there ARE NO DISK LIGHTS on Suns, Vaxes
>and some other systems we're talking about) doesn't mean there are not
>half-writen files that will lose data in the queue to be written.

But of course I turn the programs off before flicking the switch!

>Also, on some older systems there's the risk of Write Current being
>asserted during disk controller power down causing spiral write (write
>current and write gate asserted while disk seeks to track 0 on
>controller reset.

???

>You're being a bit clue< here.

=?

>You can swap PC keyboards and mice hot until you happen
>to blow the 5 volt fuse... and then you learn YOU AREN'T SUPPOSED TO.

Most PCs which I've had the !pleasure to work with haven't taken lightly to
anything but having a keyboard plugged in before being turned on, then never
removed.

>Geez.

>If the critical application has a file open and it loses it when you
>pull the power in an unexpected manor you could lose data.

While I don't agree with the programmer, I take care to turn off actual
programs. That should however be enough IMNSHO.

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