On Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 10:12:14PM +0000, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Wed, Mar 26, 2003 at 10:03:39AM -0800, Bill Wohler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > "Koen Dejonghe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > I installed debian woody on an ordinary pc and was wondering if I can > > > leave the machine on 24/7 without damaging it. > > > > If anything, it's harder on the machine to turn it on and off rather > > than just leave it running. > > Additional problem: "stiction" on old drives. I've got a set of SCSIs > from 1998 which can't be shut down for more than a few minutes without > requiring some manual encouragement to spin up again.
Ah, the old "whack the drive case with a screwdriver handle" trick :-) If you really want to hear stiction horror stories, go talk to people who have administrated (big) mainframes and experienced a power outage. -- Nathan Norman - Incanus Networking mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Just because an idea originated at "redhat" does not mean it is evil. -- Sean 'Shaleh' Perry -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
