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> I seem to remember a bug (feature? :) in Linux systems that took them down
> at (around) a certain uptime *grin* Anyone confirm / deny this?

Yep, but it was with older kernels.  The jiffies valued overflowe after
a year or so, and required you to reboot the machine.

In reality, I doubt anyone ever reached the goal.


Nate