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Date:      Wed, 11 Feb 1998 15:16:02 -0800
From:      Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>
To:        "Sean J. Schluntz" <schluntz@clicknet.com>
Cc:        Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, Andrew McNaughton <andrew@squiz.co.nz>, FreeBSD Mobile <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: PCMCIA Card Config 
Message-ID:  <199802112316.PAA01586@dingo.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 11 Feb 1998 10:30:03 PST." <34E1EE2A.C8587BF9@clicknet.com> 

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> 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



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