[geeks] Postscript question

[Joshua D Boyd]

On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 09:17:14PM -0600, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
> On Tue, 19 Nov 2002, Geoff Reed wrote:
> 
> > If it is a beige G3 the standard curefor most problems is to bring it up
> > into open firmware and reset-all
> 
> BTDT.  However, after zeroing-out the disc, the install appears to be
> going normally.  I just wish OS X had more in the way of diagnosis and
> repair tools.  Expecting the user to back up, reformat, reinstall, and
> restore everytime the system farts is a very Microsoftian view of the
> world.

One can hope that as OS X matures it will get better in these areas.  My
understanding was that it is so different that porting the standard
tools isn't trivial.  

And, they are going to have to work this stuff out if they really expect
the Xserve line to make it.

-- 
Joshua D. Boyd