From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 8 19:15:08 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B8C5A16A4CE for ; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 19:15:08 +0000 (GMT) Received: from serenity.mcc.ac.uk (serenity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.93]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7210C43D58 for ; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 19:15:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by serenity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.20) id 1BXm3u-000NjP-Ve; Tue, 08 Jun 2004 20:15:07 +0100 Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) i58JF6uf071560; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 20:15:06 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: (from jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.12.10/8.12.6/Submit) id i58JF6Ud071559; Tue, 8 Jun 2004 20:15:06 +0100 (BST) Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 20:15:06 +0100 From: Jonathon McKitrick To: Joe Altman , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20040608191506.GE70798@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <20040608122101.GA68204@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20040608184216.GA4231@panix.com> <20040608185151.GD70798@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <20040608190514.GA6271@panix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20040608190514.GA6271@panix.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Spam-Score: -4.9 (----) X-Scanner: exiscan for exim4 (http://duncanthrax.net/exiscan/) *1BXm3u-000NjP-Ve*97sTdPb/1I2* Subject: Re: Leaving a server on all day X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 19:15:08 -0000 On Tue, Jun 08, 2004 at 03:05:14PM -0400, Joe Altman wrote: : Yes; spills, flying objects, whatever. Most importantly, it's not on : the floor, and securely on my desk. I deal w/ the noise by keeping the What is so bad with the floor? : > That reminds me: is a CD/RW a feasible data backup device? I've never used : > mine. : : For me, yes it is. Tapes are, or were, too expensive. The CD/RW I Is there a readme on this? I could never figure out how to get burncd to work with backups. : purchase a UPS. There is a webpage somewhere that lists models of UPS Good idea. jm -- My other computer is your windows box.