From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Aug 8 13:39:01 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF3211065676 for ; Sat, 8 Aug 2009 13:39:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-vbr8.xs4all.nl (smtp-vbr8.xs4all.nl [194.109.24.28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 261558FC27 for ; Sat, 8 Aug 2009 13:39:00 +0000 (UTC) Received: from slackbox.xs4all.nl (slackbox.xs4all.nl [213.84.242.160]) by smtp-vbr8.xs4all.nl (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id n78DcPXl077381; Sat, 8 Aug 2009 15:38:25 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from rsmith@xs4all.nl) Received: by slackbox.xs4all.nl (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 6C116BA8D; Sat, 8 Aug 2009 15:38:25 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 15:38:25 +0200 From: Roland Smith To: Identry Message-ID: <20090808133825.GA74006@slackbox.xs4all.nl> References: <4A7B1B41.7090507@unsane.co.uk> <4d4e09680908061733v21602321x252a7111a7648ad6@mail.gmail.com> <4A7C074C.9060303@unsane.co.uk> <4d4e09680908070708x635dcd80ha96a61e9c71b0b6b@mail.gmail.com> <4d4e09680908070708i286b98a7j6f03725a848ae83c@mail.gmail.com> <20090807153027.GA39621@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <4d4e09680908070847jfed3447v4863b7637585f54@mail.gmail.com> <20090807212050.GB48236@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <4d4e09680908080453i316e1f3buc00f3d0d8477794b@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="gKMricLos+KVdGMg" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4d4e09680908080453i316e1f3buc00f3d0d8477794b@mail.gmail.com> X-GPG-Fingerprint: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 X-GPG-Key: http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/pubkey.txt X-GPG-Notice: If this message is not signed, don't assume I sent it! User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Virus-Scanned: by XS4ALL Virus Scanner Cc: Tim Judd , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fwd: Boot failure X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 08 Aug 2009 13:39:02 -0000 --gKMricLos+KVdGMg Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Aug 08, 2009 at 07:53:40AM -0400, Identry wrote: > >> Looks like your hardware is dying/dead. > > > > Sadly, I agree. > > I'd get to the point of swapping hardware one at a time until it > > fixes, or until you exhaust your options. =A0Have any kind of support > > contract with the OEM? >=20 > I do have a support contract and I'm going to dump this right in their > lap. Two machines we bought from them -- pretty expensive ones -- and > both have had hardware failures. And they are only a couple of years > old. I'm not too happy with them at the moment. For computers, that is already old these days. At $WORK the Dell computers (both desktops and servers AFAIK) that we use are ditched at the first problem after the warranty runs out which is after three years, I believe. Roland --=20 R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) --gKMricLos+KVdGMg Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.12 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkp9f9EACgkQEnfvsMMhpyV2UgCgpMhlfxJcGqK6wH4zeXPxpWQF rFcAnRxuNrikyjhQzmVEGb3agUu8koiB =6xIv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --gKMricLos+KVdGMg--