>> threads is not the problem, i'm much more afraid of that 'sleeps
>> forever' issue because the machine is being colocated -- and
>> unfortunately that are neither able to do a power cycle (at least, 
>> it's
>> not available 24/7) nor to provide a serial connection (console)...
> I've never had it with -current, Rick said he didn't have it with 2.x, 
> so it may be worth a try.

since it's going to be a production machine i'd like to have it run 
2.0.x or 2.x, not -current. i left this to my machines at home ;)

>> because it's a production machine i think i'll go Solaris even with 
>> the
>> SP machines :/
> That's the safe bet.

that's the way to go (in this case)...

> Maybe - it you have the time - install the stuff you need on a U5 with 
> NetBSD 2.something and torture it for a while?

no way -- no IDE machines in here, please ;)

> have fun
> Michael

cheers,

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