>And about the storm incident - how common is it to use > surge protectors here? I I've been running my home office pc from a bottom-of-the range ($300 in 2000, i.e. not cheap) APC ups unit, protects against power surges and allows clean shutdown if the battery goes flat because of a prolonged outage (millisecond outages seem to occur frequently, would otherwise cause a reboot). The real problem is the monitor, not enough juice to provide 100 watts to a 17" crt for very long, as last Saturday. Any recommendations of a low-wattage monitor that isn't financially crippling ? thanks Rod
On Wed, 2005-02-23 at 14:06 +1100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > How about running "mkswap" on the swap partition? > It's not like you will lose critical data from doing this, right? > > And about the storm incident - how common is it to use > surge protectors here? I found them in almost all the stores > which sell electrical stuff, could get a bit pricy (up to 180$) > but seems to worth any cent, isn't it? > > Cheers, > > --Amos > > > > On Wed, 23 Feb 2005 13:40:43 +1100, Simon > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I am having some trouble with one FC3 server, when it was re-booted > > after being physically relocated the boot sequence hangs at 'starting > > swap space' and stays there until i do CTRL-C on the keyboard, sometimes > > a number of times. It has been re-booted a couple of times and does this > > every time. It then seems to have some services not started which may be > > because of what I hjave to do on the keyboard. There are no errors > > displayed when shutting down or booting, it never gives the message > > about running repairs on the HDD. > > It was originally shut down cleanly, but it has been through a couple of > > storm inspired blackouts lately, one of which took out the power supply > > on the ADSL modem. > > > > Any clues appreciated > > Simon Bryan > > IT Manager OLMC > > LMB 14 > > North Parramatta > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: > > fax: > > mobile: 96833300 > > 98901466 > > 0414238002 > > > > Add me to your address book...Want a signature like this? > > > > -- > > SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > > Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html > > > > ---------- Your email is protected by Mailshell ---------- > > To block spam or change delivery options: > > http://www.mailshell.com/control.html?a=balatsrial4tlprafm_jqupsjnpz1k > > > > Wouldn't you rather have amos.shapira.com as your personal domain? > > http://rd.mailshell.com/ad465 > > Earn up to $3 for each of your friends who signs up with Mailshell! > > http://rd.mailshell.com/sp5 > > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Brought to you by a penguin, a gnu and a camel -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
