Well I didn't admit it is RH 6.0 I think. It was the only Linux CD I had at work the day I got challenged with the project by my boss.. :) That sucks.. Now nobody will beleive me.. 497 is right.. Monday was 496.. I guess I will just make a sticker uptime (listed ) + 497.. :) 'Till 2 years again.. :) Nope. Machine will not have to worry about this.. It will be moved into a new facility by then. THANKS! I knew it HAD to be something like this. Does MANDRAKE do this? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dennis Myhand Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 8:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Linux uptime question Alan: There is something I am remembering from a discussion in my local LUG that some counter resets after 497 days up, so when you go over that amount of time up, it goes back to 0 and starts counting again. One of the guys in the LUG had a machine running an ancient version of RedHat that had reset twice without a reboot. HTH. Peace, Love, Linux, Dennis in Victoria "Alan N." wrote: > I'm running a Linux machine at work ( very sucessfully I might add! ) that > basically is an automated FTP server to get weather maps from the TV > weatherman's SGI network and FTP 'em to the tv stations website. I checked > the machine Monday, seeing that today ( Friday ) would be the machines 500th > day of uptime. So I went in there today to gloat at it and it had an uptime > of 3 days.!! WHAT this cannot be!! > > It seems not to have rebooted, since gnome was running with the exact 2 > desktops ( one TOP, the other a terminal ) open as they were. > > If this machine would have rebooted I would expected to see the GUI login > screen running.. I did "uptime" 3 days as well. > > I searched in /var/logs and found the file which contains the boot up log.. > Date on is was Sept. 27, 1999. So I cannot see where the machine rebooted, > crashed and the graphix on the website never hiccupped, they are updated > every 10 minutes with timestamps placed on them with the SGI's creation of > the graphx.. > > Anyone know WHY this is.. I was really bummed. It says 3 days uptime but I'm > convinced it's 500.. > > Thanks > Alan > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://wwww.mandrakestore.com
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