Martin McCormick wrote: ... > We normally have a stable power situation, here, but > recently we had 4 small glitches in one day plus several more > before and after that day and anything mounted rw usually needs > the fsck procedure afterward to be sure it is still any good. > > Nothing like power interruptions to make a fellow truly > paranoid.
i've never regretted buying a small UPS to ride out power glitches and it gives me enough time to shut down the system safely. we get enough power flickers that it's probably saved me a lot of issues over the years since. well worth the $80 i spent. songbird