Michael:
That's what I thought until last night. While I was eating dinner, a
major substation in another part of town got totalled. I understand that
about 20,000 people in the service area were without power for most of
the night. The effects here were much less severe -- first a voltage
drop and then an interrupt, lasting about one second each. The Penguin
didn't take it very well, though, and it took a while to get things back
in order. The current thinking here is that maybe a good UPS might be a
very good investment -- even for a standalone workstation on dialup.
Sidebar: Back in my Windows daze, I always shut the system down if I
didn't need it over the next few hours. But with Linux' stability, I
leave it running unless there's some bad weather in the area. Hmmmm...
have I finally found something that Windows works better? Nahhh.
LinusGeek:
If I read your post correctly, it sounds as if you were hit by some sort
of high energy electrical transient. Wouldn't a good surge supressor
have been sufficient to prevent the damage?
Regards,
Carroll
"Michael D. Viron" wrote:
>
> This is more true for those on a non-dialup account (DSL / Cable / Network)
> or if you are running a server. In general, other than those few cases you
> don't *need* it, although it is a good investment.
>
> Michael
>
> --
> Michael Viron
> Registered Linux User #81978
> Senior Systems & Administration Consultant
> Web Spinners, University of West Florida
>
> At 06:15 PM 08/09/2001 -0700, LinuxGeek wrote:
> >Well I found out today that I should have bought that UPS a couple
> >weeks ago. I am writing this letter from winblows cuz I burnt a big
> >ole hole in my Linksys LNE100TX! Thank god I can run my cable modem
> >via USB also. Too bad I can't get it to run in Linux by way of
> >USB...lol. Anywho I would suggest a UPS to anyone now...lol.
> >
> >
