From owner-freebsd-stable Thu Aug 5 23:24:31 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles549.castles.com [208.214.165.113]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F335150B6 for ; Thu, 5 Aug 1999 23:24:22 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA00400; Thu, 5 Aug 1999 23:19:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199908060619.XAA00400@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Jon Hamilton Cc: N , stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PIIX4? In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 05 Aug 1999 20:55:56 CDT." <19990806015556.CC777271@woodstock.monkey.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 05 Aug 1999 23:19:13 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I've heard people worry out loud about that at times, but I've never > had it happen, and don't know anyone who has had it happen. Besides, > your computer draws so little power even at startup that it's really > optimizing the wrong thing. OTOH, I do lend some credence to the argument > that having the computer remain off when power is reapplied may save > you some problems e.g. in a storm, where the power may flash off and > back on quickly several times in a short period. In that scenario, you > are almost certainly better off just letting the machine sit there powered > down. If you care about this at all, buy a UPS. -- \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith \\ of the man. \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message