On Fri, 11 Apr 2008, Francesco Pietra wrote:
As I am going to install Debian amd64 (either lenny or etch) for purely numeric calculations (no X system), I wonder whether it would be better to disable hardware watchdog. On dual socket systems I never managed to install Debain amd64 software watchdog. Is any advantage in activating either hardware or software watchdog for such use?
Ciao Francesco. Having a watchdog in your case is useful if (and only if) that machine is going to be (physically) in a somewhat hard to access place. In that case, if something, anything hangs your computer so badly that you would need to physically reboot it, the watchdog will do it for you (and in most cases you will then be able to access the box remotely, unless something really bad happened). If you have easy physical access to the machine, so that in case of need you can just go to next room and push the reset button, you probably don't need the watchdog for the intended use of your machine. Have fun, Giacomo -- _________________________________________________________________ Giacomo Mulas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _________________________________________________________________ OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI CAGLIARI Str. 54, Loc. Poggio dei Pini * 09012 Capoterra (CA) Tel. (OAC): +39 070 71180 248 Fax : +39 070 71180 222 Tel. (UNICA): +39 070 675 4916 _________________________________________________________________ "When the storms are raging around you, stay right where you are" (Freddy Mercury) _________________________________________________________________ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]