On Thu, Mar 09, 2006 at 07:39:59AM -0700, Derek Carlson wrote: > Hi, > > I am torn. > > This particular Arch configured PC has been up and running for, now, 49 > days. During that time, the system was upgraded at least 6 times. It > is kept in sync with the testing repository, and I have some software > installed from extra. The version of ndiswrapper that I use is compiled > by hand, so occasionally, I recompile the module if I notice that gcc or > the kernel has been updated. > > Aside from that, this is a pretty vanilla system. It provides file and > print services to a couple other PCs on a home network. > > The question I have is this. > > How often do people reboot their systems as a matter of maintenance? > > During the period of udev upgrades, I booted pretty regularly to make > sure I'd made all of the necessary changes. The upgrades went smoothly > and without issue, btw. > > I don't want to get to far away from what's fresh and current in the > wiki, forums and discussion thread, so it seems that a periodic hard > start may be useful as a matter of course. > > Pride gets in the way, however, and I'd like top to show a 3 digit up > time someday! :-) > > Thx in advance for any advice you can share. > > Kind regards, > > Derek
The only way you'll have 3 digit uptime is if you don't update your kernel for 150 days. Considering how quickly those suckers are released, keeping up with arch's updates will make it virtually impossible. Jason -- If you understand, things are just as they are. If you do not understand, things are just as they are.
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