Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site moncol.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!harvard!talcott!panda!genrad!decvax!tektronix!uw-beaver!cornell!vax135!petsd!moncol!john From: john@moncol.UUCP (John Ruschmeyer) Newsgroups: net.bizarre Subject: Re: Re: Please help! Message-ID: <463@moncol.UUCP> Date: Sun, 11-Aug-85 14:14:21 EDT Article-I.D.: moncol.463 Posted: Sun Aug 11 14:14:21 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 19-Aug-85 06:05:43 EDT References: <489@utastro.UUCP> <660@cybvax0.UUCP> <817@daemen.UUCP> Organization: Monmouth College, West Long Branch, NJ 07764 Lines: 37 ]From: boyce@daemen.UUCP (Doug Boyce) ]Message-ID: <817@daemen.UUCP> ]Organization: Daemen College, Buffalo, NY ] ]> In article <489@utastro.UUCP> nather@utastro.UUCP (Ed Nather) writes: ]> >We have been running Unix 4.2bsd for a *long* time now, with very high ]> >load averages every day. I guess it was inevitable, but strange effects ]> >on many working programs have been traced to a common cause: ]> > ]> > /dev/null is full, and is overflowing! ]> > ]> >Anybody seen this problem before? Can anyone help? ]> ]> What if you remove /dev/null will all of that data explode ]> the machine if suddenly released ? ] ]I just finished speaking to a friend at Berkeley and he tells me that 4.2 ]has a booby-trap in it. They forsaw (sp?) that /dev/null might overflow ]and that some stupid SA might think to remove it, they added some code ]in the kernal that will make a vax (only vax mind you) impode. Think about ]it....... Oh, but what about all those SUN workstations running 4.2? Will they go up in a supernova if /dev/null is removed? -- Name: John Ruschmeyer US Mail: Monmouth College, W. Long Branch, NJ 07764 Phone: (201) 222-6600 x366 UUCP: ...!vax135!petsd!moncol!john ...!princeton!moncol!john ...!pesnta!moncol!john Disclaimer: Monmouth College is a mecca for diverse opinions. It is, therefore, highly unlikely that the above opinions are those of anyone but me. Silly quote: Around here we don't have cuisine. We have EATS.