Doug Eadline wrote:
+> On Mon, 7 Jun 1999, Jesse Pollard wrote:
+>
+> > continuing the off topic. How many of you guys *ever* reboot?
+> >
+> > I have three systems at home.
+> >
+> > 1. linux router/firewall - reboot only by accident (once 3-4 months) or
+> > long term power failure (15 min). This system runs Linux 2.0.34. My
+> > next planned boot is after an upgrade to use ipchains and an ISDN network.
+> >
+> > 2. PPro 200MHz server. As little as I have to. My next planned boot is for
+> > 2.0.7 upgrade. Current uptime has been a couple of months: last reboot
+> > was to test a 3c905TX network card in a system with BT948 and BT958
+> > scsi controlers (failed - not that it can't work, I just couldn't find
+> > the right slot for the NIC in a couple of hours... put it in my wifes
+> > system instead).
+> >
+> > 3. My wifes system - Windows 98/Linux: she has to reboot the W98 every time
+> > it looses the network device (3c905TX) or when she chooses to run Linux
+> > (which hasn't lost the network device ever).
+>
+> We have eliminated all but one Windows PC. We have found that
+> unless we re-boot it EVERY 48 hours it become slow, hangs, drops the
+> network... So IMO rebooting is part of Windows SOP (Standard Operating
+> procedure)
+>
+> The only time we reboot any of our Linux systems is:
+>
+> When we upgrade something.
+> When we are testing drivers/devices etc.
Almost the same goes for me. I have one Linux gateway PC at home which
works as WWW-proxy for my little network at home as well as a email-
gateway. It's and old 133 MHz 486 with only 48 MB RAM and some old
NE2000 and IDE disks. This thing was running for 96 days or the first
time, when it crashed. Reason: Not a problem with Linux, but the CPU-fan
was broke (didn't turn any longer). So I replaced it and the fan for the
the powersupply also. I then upgraded the Kernel and put in some extra
Harddisks. After that I rebooted the system and currently it's up and
running again for more than 100 days now (must be 110 or 120 now) without
any troubles.
My girlfriend's PC is used as she likes, either under Win95, Linux or
Solaris. She likes to save energy and thus always shuts down her system
at least when she goes asleep. Sometimes on weekends, when she works a
lot under Linux she simply let it run through.
I've a Dual PPro 233 (overcc), which often runs through under Linux.
But when I feel like playing games, I boot Win95. - That's the only thing
I'm missing: Tomb Raider for Linux. :-)
Regards,
Herbert
"The Position of the mousepointer on your screen has been changed.
Please restart Windows to make the changes effective."
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