Hi Chad... There was the "ping of death". If you haven't fixed that, try
it. Here's an old E-mail from [log in to unmask]
The Ping o' Death Page
The Ping o' Death page - how to crash many of the major operating
systems, plus a whole lotta firmware, by pinging them with an oversize
packet. Which
http://www.dfm.dtu.dk/netware/pingod/ping.html - size 28K - 22 Jan 97
http://www.pp.asu.edu/support/ping-o-death.html - size 24K - 25 Nov 96
Ping o' Death
From: "Robert G. \"Doc\" Savage" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Wed, 13
Nov 1996 18:11:40 -0600 Subject: Ping o' Death. Calderians, Many of
you...
http://www.docuweb.ca/~nholtz/Keep/961013-195421.html - size 829 bytes -
14 Nov 96
Juan,2,3....
[log in to unmask] on 03/17/98 11:34:47 AM
Please respond to [log in to unmask]
To: [log in to unmask]
cc: (bcc: Juan Criel/National/Hewitt Associates)
Subject: Re: I need to crash my system, do you know a way?
Unless safety features have been added. Try using the same system
maintenance tool on two different terminals. I did this, quite by
accident I have to admit, and the system halted just fine. I was using
SYSGEN and doing some configuration changes.
Rich Holloway
Providence Health Plans
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lee Gunter [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 17, 1998 9:20 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: I need to crash my system, do you know a way?
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> I'd be interested in this, as well, for the same reason.
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> Lee Gunter
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> From: [log in to unmask] on 03/17/98 07:06 AM
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> Please respond to [log in to unmask]
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> Subject: I need to crash my system, do you know a way?
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> That subject should sound interesting. Let me explain.
> We are doing Y2K validation/testing on a HP3000 987sx devoted to this
> task. We want to intentionally cause a system abort to specifically
> test
> AutoRestart/iX.
> Does anyone have a way to intentionally cause a 'benign system abort'?
> You can respond directly to me, this probably doesn't need to be
> 'spread' over the list.
> TIA
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