busybox Reboot

Roberto A. Foglietta me at roberto.foglietta.name
Mon Feb 27 16:42:33 UTC 2006


Ole-Egil Hvitmyren wrote:
> Bernhard Fischer wrote:
> 
>>On Mon, Feb 27, 2006 at 03:58:02PM -0000, Syed Ahmed wrote:
>>
>>
>>>hi all i been using busybox 0.60.5 on i386 with lilo boot loader every now and then it will reboot for no reason any ideas how i can catch it or diagnose it?
>>
>>
>>busybox-0.60.5 is old and no longer supported. Try the current stable
>>release (1.1.0) or preferably the current -snapshot. Both are available
>>here: http://busybox.net/downloads/
> 
> 
> There is one problem with that.
> 
> A WHOLE lot of stuff is COMPLETELY rewritten (functionality wise, not
> just bug fixes) between 0.60.5 and 1.1.0. Things like syslog, su etc
> works completely different between the two revisions, which means it's
> not a simple recompile for many of us.
> 
> Some times it just doesn't pay off to do the upgrade, because it's just
> too much work. And in certain cases, you don't have free hands to just
> upgrade either.
> 
> Please, please, please remember this when people who use an older
> release have a problem. They might not have the luxury of changing their
> entire system just for a quick fix. If I cannot get any support without
> upgrading, then I might have to say no to using your product, because
> people above me in my organisation might have policies about things like
> that. Me not using busybox might be excactly what you're looking for,
> but then again... :-)

  Your boss will certainly understand that commercial support have a 
cost. Sw libre does not mean that other people has to work for free, but 
having sources you can support yourself or paying someone else to 
support you, as you wish. Tell your boss that the free ride is over, 
please... or better is never started!
  ;-)

  Sorry if I sound a little bit rude... but I was!
  :-D

  Cheers,
-- 
Roberto A. Foglietta
http://roberto.foglietta.name
http://lugge.net



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