Date: Thu, 25 May 2000 17:27:18 +0200 (SAST) From: Riaan Kruger <rk@nanoteq.co.za> To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Necessary to use a UPS ? Message-ID: <XFMail.000525172718.rk@nanoteq.co.za> In-Reply-To: <048a01bfc652$90ca2cd0$847e03cb@ROADRUNNER>
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Check out the SOFTUPDATES option in your LINT file (/usr/src/sys/i386/conf/LINT). I'm not sure in which verions of FreeBSD it is available and it it is safe to use it yet. On 25-May-00 Doug Young wrote: > I've got a bunch of FreeBSD setups running Apache, only two have UPS. > The power supply in many areas of Brisbane (Queensland) ranges from > fair to quite poor, particularly for locations near industrial estates & big > shopping centres. I've seen supply voltage fluctuations in those areas > between 190V & 280V in a matter of minutes (supposed to be 230 - > 240), and short term blackouts are quite common in many other as well. > Energex typically blames trees touching the wires, however one has to wonder > since most power here is underground. So far I've only had one FreeBSD > system that got so badly corrupted it needed a reinstall, however before > I ran FreeBSD I had various incarnations of linux, and those disasters were > so sensitive to just about everything from clouds in the sky to the > girlfriend's > "wrong time of the month" that reinstalls were a daily event. > > I did read some thread in the -questions mailing list a few months back > where some expert was talking about differences between linux & > unix filesystems. It was mostly over my head, but the issue seemed to be > something about files being written in a symmetric or asymmetric format. > The gist of it was that if a FreeBSD box loses power its supposedly less > likely to get mad than a linux one is. While I don't begin to understand > the finer points of that stuff, it sure seems from my experience that view > is correct.. > . > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <rshea@opendoor.co.nz> > To: <freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> > Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2000 6:26 PM > Subject: Necessary to use a UPS ? > > >> Hi - I'm sorry if this is a FAQ but I can't find it mentioned >> elsewhere. I'm planning to install FreeBSD on an old PC but I'm >> concerned that I don't have an uninterruptible power supply. >> >> I thought I had heard that Unix file systems could get very nastily >> twisted when they were powered down unexpectedly but I don't see >> any reference to the necessity for them in the various FreeBSD >> books/web pages I have read. >> >> What's the worse thing that can happen ? The machine will be >> initially only be used for a 'play web server'. >> >> Interested in your thoughts/experiences. >> >> richard shea. >> >> >> ***************************************************** >> Open Door Ltd >> PO Box 119-46 >> Wellington >> >> PH 04 384 7639 >> FX 04 384 7672 >> ***************************************************** >> >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message >> > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message ---------------------------------- E-Mail: Riaan Kruger <rk@nanoteq.co.za> Date: 25-May-00 Time: 17:23:49 ---------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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