Thanks Olly and everyone!
Appreciate the feedback. You are all right...a UPS is the answer
to ensuring that Linux will always exit gracefully.
Thanks,
Bambi
"Oliver L. Plaine Jr." wrote:
> On Sun, 28 May 2000 10:16:28 -0400, Fran wrote:
>
> >We sometimes lose power here with electrical storms.
> >
> >What situation does it have to be for it not to come back?
> ===================
> Sun, 28 May 2000 11:21:48
>
> I won't try to address the technical aspects of power lossage
> induced malfunctions in the Linux system, other than to say sometimes
> you get lucky, and sometimes if the disc is being written to at the
> time of power failure it is corrupted.
>
> I can however tell you how I cured my problem with the
> constantly inconsistent rural power, in this thunderstorm ravaged area
> of the south gulf coast of Mississippi.
>
> Buy a uninterruptable power supply (UPS)..I got a cheap unit
> from "Sam Walmart" that has batteries inside and automatically
> switches the power at the instant of failure. It has the capability to
> run for several minutes giving time to properly shut down.
>
> The same unit has been running over four years and the
> batteries still are able to let me ignore the short outages that occur
> so often here...sometimes the only thing in the house that is lit is
> the computer screen.
>
> As I remember it was near $100 or less...$25 a year is cheap
> enough for peace of mind.
>
> Later
> Olly P
> Biloxi
