> I self proclaimed "expert" tells that - no uncertain terms - that Unix (and
> Linux) trash hard drives after two-three years. What he says is that
> because of the heavy load that Unix puts on the heads and actuator, they
> wear sooner than they would on a M$ box. Could this have been true at one
> time? I've been in this game a while (albeit on the M$ side of the fence,
> but on the Linux side for about 3 years now. Sounds like bunk to me. Any
> thoughts?
I am just a user, but I have read that UNIX is a disk intensive system.
File systems are file systems is irrelevant.
When I compile a LINUX program is find dozens of files in pgm/src the
`title file' is sometimes the smallest of them. Most programs are made
in the UNIX way, the main program is a shell with a parser that calls
all of the utility programs (from the compile and from /bin & /sbin etc.)
The lousiest program on my system is netscape, I am using it now, the
text editor has so many bugs it is about to drive me crazy, but it has
features that are important, it works with some M$ web sites that are
work related. (My access in mandatory!)
My netscape is the very same size as my chums winblows netscape of
the same version (now 6.2.3) It is the only program I have that is .25
meg as one file. AFAIK To him it is small.
`image magic' and most LINUX programs come with lots-a utilities that
they call, you can and possibly use them alone, like convert.
The command line use is: convert BlueGoose.gif BlueGoose.png
cdcopy calls mkisofs that makes a /tmp file then it calls cdrecord,
my chum tells me his Nero is one file. (which can copy a CD and do 15
things I have 14 other programs to do)
Every time I log into a new terminal (I have 11) it runs a new instance
of init, then bash, bash calls /etc/bash.profile then it looks for
/~.bash_profile (and 2 or 3 other possibilities)
I am still studying bash programming every day, but what I have
learned so far leads me to think the nature of a desktop LINUX machine
is very disk intensive.
I am sure program caching by the kernel mitigates this a bit, but
all in all, I believe LINUX is a disk intensive system.
Servers and special use boxes operating only one or two programs that
are never turned off are surely operate more like other operating systems.
My drives only last 3 years. Maxtor just dropped their warranty
from 3 to 1 year because of me. HI HI
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