Re: [gentoo-user] ~amd64 compatibility with modern cpus -- REBOOT OK THIS A.M.

2012-12-17 Thread Robert Walker
On 14/12/12 22:03, fe...@crowfix.com wrote: A friend suggested a big lightning storm a month ago might have temporarily scrambled something. It tripped breakers in the house and blew out a battery in the standby generator shed, but I've rebooted twice since that storm without any problems. I

Re: [gentoo-user] ~amd64 compatibility with modern cpus -- REBOOT OK THIS A.M.

2012-12-17 Thread felix
On Mon, Dec 17, 2012 at 10:10:30PM +, Robert Walker wrote: I amused to read this thread. I've an old dual-Opteron box that I'm still using. It was my first watercooling experiment. Apart from the complete lack of power management support (the system sucks down a continuous 300+Watts)

Re: [gentoo-user] ~amd64 compatibility with modern cpus -- REBOOT OK THIS A.M.

2012-12-14 Thread felix
I finally ran out of excuses to not reboot after a night powered off, and it did. It's all running normally now, but I think it's time for me to take the hint, grab a clue, and start researching a replacement. -- Felix Finch, a la mode

Re: [gentoo-user] ~amd64 compatibility with modern cpus -- REBOOT OK THIS A.M.

2012-12-14 Thread Michael Mol
On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 2:51 PM, fe...@crowfix.com wrote: I finally ran out of excuses to not reboot after a night powered off, and it did. It's all running normally now, but I think it's time for me to take the hint, grab a clue, and start researching a replacement. I think you'll find

Re: [gentoo-user] ~amd64 compatibility with modern cpus -- REBOOT OK THIS A.M.

2012-12-14 Thread Dale
Michael Mol wrote: On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 2:51 PM, fe...@crowfix.com wrote: I finally ran out of excuses to not reboot after a night powered off, and it did. It's all running normally now, but I think it's time for me to take the hint, grab a clue, and start researching a replacement. I

Re: [gentoo-user] ~amd64 compatibility with modern cpus -- REBOOT OK THIS A.M.

2012-12-14 Thread felix
On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 03:19:53PM -0600, Dale wrote: I did some math, my new rig is almost 8 times faster/powerful than my old rig but pulls much less than half the power even when fully loaded. I might add, I think the old rig was idle when I measured that. My next box will be a commodity