From owner-freebsd-mobile Wed Feb 11 15:18:22 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA11973 for freebsd-mobile-outgoing; Wed, 11 Feb 1998 15:18:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA11965 for ; Wed, 11 Feb 1998 15:18:20 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA01586; Wed, 11 Feb 1998 15:16:02 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199802112316.PAA01586@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: "Sean J. Schluntz" cc: Mike Smith , Andrew McNaughton , FreeBSD Mobile Subject: Re: PCMCIA Card Config In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 11 Feb 1998 10:30:03 PST." <34E1EE2A.C8587BF9@clicknet.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 15:16:02 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Mike Smith wrote: > > > > > If the system is suspended during the time a cron job is supposed to > > > take place will it launch as soon as the system unsuspends realizing > > > that it has missed it's time? > > > > No. > > Hmm, then leaing it on all the time does not sound like such a hot idea > to me. I mean if the system is suspened the hard drive spins down, but > if you don't have it suspended and your wandering around with the laptop > you could end up crashing your heads... You don't seem to understand; leave it on when it's where there's power. Turn it off to move it. Although if you can cause a headcrash on a modern laptop disk without destroying the laptop, or removing it and hitting it with a hammer, you're doing damn well. (Think what is involved in violating the 70G operating limit that most of these drives have.) -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message