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Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue

From	owl <owl@rooftop.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject	Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue
Date	2016-01-26 18:39 +0000
Organization	O.W.L.
Message-ID	<ghjdso03.a@rooftop.invalid> (permalink)
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Ezekiel <zeke@nosuchemail.com> wrote:
> 
> "Desk Rabbit" <me@example.com> wrote in message 
> news:n85d20$5a3$1@deskrabbit.motzarella.org...
>> On 22/01/2016 17:59, Slimer wrote:
>>> On 2016-01-22 8:11 AM, Peter Köhlmann wrote:
>>>>
>>>> TypicaL behaviour of a lying dimwitted coward, eg you
>>>
>>> Tell us again how Windows 95 is not DOS-based, Peter.
>>>
> 
> I don't know what the background/context for this argument is but I don't 
> consider Win95 to be DOS based either.
> 
> Win95 used a flat memory model, DOS used a segmented memory model.
> Win95 was a 32-bit OS. DOS was 16 bits.
> DOS was limited to ~640k per app. Win95 apps could use up to 2-gigs of 
> memory per app.
> Win95 supported virtual memory. DOS only supports physical memory.
> Win95 ran in protected (or 386 enhanced) mode. DOS ran in real mode.
> Win95 had both threads and preemptive multitasking. DOS did not.
> 
> The term "DOS based" implies that Win95 was somehow built on top of DOS and 
> used the DOS "int 21" for its services. Fact is that Win95 had its own 
> native 32-bit device drivers for the kernel, graphics, networking, printing, 
> memory management, file-system and pretty much everything else.
> 
> Microsoft always went to great lengths to support backward compatibility so 
> nearly all legacy DOS apps could still be run from Win95. But supporting 
> legacy DOS apps doesn't mean that Win95 was "DOS based."
> 
> If people are going to claim that Win95 was "DOS based" then what part(s) of 
> Win95 used DOS to function?
> 
>> Owl made a lot of assumptions most of which were wrong. Of course it's 
>> impossible for me to prove them so there is little point continuing the 
>> conversation as there is no way to resolve it.
>>
> 
> Is this still about mounting a tmpfs?

It's about him running from the fact that he ran a command as root
on a mail server without knowing what the command does.

> I like tmpfs and it's pretty cool how 
> this is relatively transparent on Linux. It's not 100% perfect but it's 
> close. (Example - you can't create a Postgres instance on tmpfs)
>

Thread

Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue John Gohde <john.h.gohde@gmail.com> - 2016-01-13 05:31 -0800
  Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-01-18 10:34 +0000
    Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-19 09:48 +0000
      Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-01-20 15:07 +0000
        Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-20 19:23 +0000
          Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-01-21 09:44 +0000
            Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-21 10:48 +0000
              Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-01-21 11:05 +0000
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-21 13:11 +0000
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-01-21 16:52 +0000
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-21 18:30 +0000
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-01-22 09:47 +0000
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-01-22 14:11 +0100
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-22 12:59 -0500
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-01-22 22:33 +0100
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2016-01-22 15:22 -0700
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-23 09:34 -0500
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> - 2016-01-25 07:19 -0600
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-01-25 08:59 -0500
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2016-01-25 10:22 -0500
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-01-25 14:58 +0000
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2016-01-25 11:23 -0500
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-01-25 18:38 +0100
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-25 12:52 -0500
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue "Ezekiel" <zeke@nosuchemail.com> - 2016-01-25 16:58 -0500
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Slimer <.m@nsn.s> - 2016-01-25 17:35 -0500
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-26 18:39 +0000
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2016-03-22 11:35 -0700
      Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-01-25 10:24 -0500
        Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Desk Rabbit <me@example.com> - 2016-01-25 15:36 +0000
          Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-01-25 11:18 -0500
            Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-26 15:58 +0000
          Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-26 17:16 +0000
        Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-26 15:54 +0000
          Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue DFS <nospam@dfs.com> - 2016-01-26 14:09 -0500
            Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-26 21:16 +0000
              Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue Slimer <a.m@unseen.is.invalid> - 2016-01-26 17:17 -0500
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-26 23:20 +0000
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue GreyCloud <mist@cumulus.com> - 2016-01-27 12:11 -0700
                Re: Linux Tmpfs Virtue owl <owl@rooftop.invalid> - 2016-01-27 21:26 +0000

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