Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ns-mx!iowasp.physics.uiowa.edu!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!mcsun!ukc!axion!delluk!tim From: tim@delluk.uucp (Tim Wright) Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386 Subject: Re: shl crashes SCO UNIX 3.2.1 Message-ID: Date: 15 Nov 90 10:53:54 GMT References: <8244@star.cs.vu.nl> Sender: usenet@delluk.uucp (Usenet posting login) Organization: Dell Computer Corp., Bracknell, UK Lines: 21 In <8244@star.cs.vu.nl> rvdp@cs.vu.nl (Ronald van der Pol) writes: >I created shell layers with 'mkdev shl', started 'shl' and >typed 'create foobar'. This crashed the system. Is this another >one in the endless SCO bug list? Are panic messages saved in >some kind of file???????? (sorry, I seemed logical to me :-) >(Compaq systempro/20 MB RAM/SCO UNIX 3.2.1) To be fair to SCO, this kind of problem is inherent with Shell Layers. That's not to say they're a bad idea but I never saw a correct (read bug-free) implementation. The layers code from AT&T always had bugs - some major, some minor. It could be argued that other vendors should fix these, but it's always been way down the list of priorities ! I suppose the upshot of this is don't use them :-( tim -- Tim Wright, Dell Computer Corp. (UK) | Email address Dell Computer Corp. (UK), Bracknell | Domain: tim@dell.co.uk Tel: +44-344-860456 | Uucp: ...!ukc!delluk!tim "What's the problem? You've got an IQ of six thousand, haven't you?"