Gentleman, Tom Van Baak the (co)founder of this group has kindly asked you yesterday to stop this thread.
Please do so. Sent From iPhone On Feb 28, 2014, at 6:20, Didier Juges <shali...@gmail.com> wrote: > If you use a flash-based embedded ARM board, how much is it worth to you that > it works everyday? How much is it worth to you that you do not have to > rebuild it once a year or once a month? > > I have several of them and I corrupted one a couple of years ago. It was not > something that was on 24/7 and it was not a power outage. I turned it off > myself and it did not come back. Fortunately, it had a pretty much stock > distribution on it and it was easy to rebuild. I am more careful now. Yet, my > Raspberry Pi is on 24/7 and it survived the many storms we have had in the > last 2 months (Florida is the lightning capital of the world, as they say) > > It is perfectly OK to not care, but most of us are used to equipment that > powers up each time you need it and that only requires to flip the power > switch to off when you are done. It is bad enough to have to properly close > Windows (replace with your favorite OS, they all have similar requirements) > and most open apps when you are done before turning the switch off on your > desktop system. > > The fact that it may do it 100 times in a row and not fail is not great > consolation if it fails at 101. It is a documented failure mode, not pie in > the sky. > > It is only an issue with regard to your own expectations. Do not disparage > people who expect more of the hardware than you do. > > Didier KO4BB > > > On February 27, 2014 9:29:22 PM CST, Brian Lloyd <br...@lloyd.com> wrote: >> On Thu, Feb 27, 2014 at 9:03 PM, paul swed <paulsw...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Looks like I win the fiver. >> >> Really? You power-failed it and corrupted the file system? >> >> >>> Johns created a great board for the 5370. >>> However you can't just turn the 5370 off as this lazy person is used >> to. >> >> Really? You tried it and screwed up the file system? >> >> >>> Plus I really have to say after a full day of time-nuttery I won't >> remember >>> to shut the linux down. >>> So thats the need good old shutdown controlled by the power off >> button. >>> But as Tom says please send the thoughts to John. >>> Regards >>> Paul >>> WB8TSL >> -- >> Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL >> 706 Flightline Drive >> Spring Branch, TX 78070 >> br...@lloyd.com >> +1.916.877.5067 >> _______________________________________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >> To unsubscribe, go to >> https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >> and follow the instructions there. > > -- > Sent from my Motorola Droid Razr 4G LTE wireless tracker while I do other > things. > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
