Subject: Re: Linux 2.4.18-pre9-mjc2
To: pavel@suse.cz (Pavel Machek)
Date: Mon, 18 Feb 2002 21:39:36 +0000 (GMT)
Cc: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox),
        matthias.andree@stud.uni-dortmund.de (Matthias Andree),
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
In-Reply-To: <20020218210803.GF14521@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz> from "Pavel Machek" at Feb 18, 2002 10:08:03 PM
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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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> > If you want to get arrested it sounds a great idea. Thats up to you
> 
> Huh? They are shipping faulty products. Unless their manual say "you
> are only allowed to run windows 95 release 1, Word version 3.71 and
> Outlook 17.32 and nothing else, you have handled your computer
> properly and its *their* problem.

You didnt handle it properly.  You'll find the old "you cannot damage the
computer" messages vanished about the time of the IBM/AT. You instructed
it to erase critical internal data, so it did.

> What did chernobyl do? I've never seen PC damaged beyond

Erased the bios

> repair. Everyone with a clue has jumper on stuff like flashing, and I
> can imagine that opening the case can void your warranty.

You don't however have a jumper to protect your disk firmware do you...

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