Matthew Seaman wrote: > On Sat, Oct 26, 2002 at 08:56:58AM -0500, Walter wrote: > > .. my > > FBSD 4.6.2 system rebooted a little after 2 last night. > > Do you have a UPS? Sounds to me like you had a momentary dip in the > mains voltage. PC's can be very sensitive to that sort of thing, and > will reboot themselves when other equipment (clocks, radios, videos) > just carry on reguardless.
Yes, I do. So, I checked it by pulling its pull out of the wall (while the HD was not active, no log-ons, etc.). The computer stopped. It looks like my UPS battery is dead. A similar entry in the log appeared after reboot as appeared for 2 am. Good call. > Of course, simply by running FreeBSD you've foxed 99% of the script > kiddies and nasty-ware out in the wild. But that's no cause for > complacency: any one fancy a dose of the Scalper worm? > > Cheers, > > Matthew > Better securing my computer is in the plans, but after I reinstall FBSD after claiming the 600MB of the HD I left for DOS and dual-boot. After getting FBSD running, I can't think of a reason to hold onto DOS any more. Thanks. Walter To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
