Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: IDE -> ATA DISK | Date | Fri, 04 Dec 1998 11:10:10 +0100 | From | Philip Blundell <> |
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>Why not root? We already include some checks to prevent root from >doing stupid things - for example, the kernel refuses to compile if >the compiler used is too early a version - and I can see nothing wrong >with putting in checks for other insane choices for precicely the same >reason - to reduce the bug reports caused by setting such insane >choices in the first place.
How many bug reports have you seen because someone turned off both ELF and a.out?
p.
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