My little P166 Print/Web[development]/mail server: 12:36pm up 96 days, 21:30, 1 user, load average: 0.07, 0.02, 0.00
(Power failure was the reason for the last outage.) This system keeps my addiction in check, while my other system I feel free to take up and down at will and satisfies my need to "play." I think the solution to this problem is to have two Linux machines. :) Rich Cloutier President, C*O SYSTEM SUPPORT SERVICES www.sysupport.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Benjamin Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Greater NH Linux Users Group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2002 12:12 PM Subject: Re: uptime is a drug > On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, Jack Hodgson wrote: > > I've just set up my first linux box (FYI I'm the guy who came to the > > Seacoast meeting this past month saying I was gonna put linux on a Mac > > Quadra. Well I did it!), and I'm kinda amused at how I'm unwilling to do > > a particular bit of system maintenance because it involves shutting down > > the machine, and I like seeing my uptime stats get bigger. > > LOL! I know exactly what you mean. I've been putting off installing USB > support on my desktop here at work. When I built my kernel, I did not > include USB support, because I didn't have any USB devices. Well, now I do, > but I need to reboot to activate the new kernel. It is such a bummer. > > Well, at least that is one addiction MS-Windows users never have to worry > about. And people say Windows has no redeeming features! ;-) > > > And, I know, it's not gonna get any easier. > > Wait until the system configuration stabilizes. We have got customers > with systems with uptimes over a year, and we are hardly the pinnacle of > availability engineering. The usual limiting factor is the runtime on the > UPS batteries. :-) > > -- > Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do not | > | necessarily represent the views or policy of any other person, entity or | > | organization. All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | > > > > ***************************************************************** > To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. > ***************************************************************** > ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
