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I'm also probably biased by one other thing. I telecommute when convenient. On Linux when you panic, there is nothing to do but push the reset button and hope the machine isn't too corrupted when it comes back up. Since ext3 this isn't much of a problem any more. On Solaris though, you get back to the BIOS and you can sync and reboot via a remote console. Maybe this doesn't matter to many people but it saved me a ton of driving.
Did you hear about the Linux "Magic-SysRq" feature?
Alt+SysRq+U Re-mount every file-systems read-only, limiting the possible corruption to opened files
Alt+SysRq+B Instant reboot of the system
These are the 2 basic operations that I use the most frequently to avoid FS corruption. Much like our GSP-console operations or what you call the Sparc BIOS.
Additionally, with Crash-Dump applied & enabled, you also have Alt+SysRq+D to trigger a live dump of system memory. Handy as well.
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