From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Jan 4 13:36:01 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8AD8B106564A for ; Sun, 4 Jan 2009 13:36:01 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f19.google.com (mail-bw0-f19.google.com [209.85.218.19]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 10A748FC13 for ; Sun, 4 Jan 2009 13:36:00 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: by bwz12 with SMTP id 12so18843263bwz.19 for ; Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:35:59 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=ug5O2tL7gBYUOp39gs/qcGqS45khIYjma40sTAHOzdo=; b=MnhSo2gBIbBnC8/YIy39+D2Bv3UPVOFdgj294P7SkQXJuWCNhFTVQJOlD/EuaiWOiM S7sSh9Zm4YP1F+pfy6X6jM7G1ucnS2SuPzFRwUkNWrg/D5hyPuxs+/dBQPlXm9hPcAAw DygSztMIJP2hgih6wGVIDfCpDZAKjA3HT2zcM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=e+9b8KzZchiILqveA47s/48zMdVSCdMBqmZjO8a/5FYS+07PPdxpRqQTab/5pEirZI 4iX9OUqxX80E/zNzupk4/nFF63WjQ9jWhxv8oiHghBqdC6ekpXiwao5YfUi+HiJRRzNy 4vOzF8efbJ8NNi3ivzitKLv0qaSy+LzHkm3SU= Received: by 10.223.111.19 with SMTP id q19mr13933138fap.58.1231076159619; Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:35:59 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.109.80 with HTTP; Sun, 4 Jan 2009 05:35:59 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4ad871310901040535s5808ddfblcf356bfcb402cf2@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 08:35:59 -0500 From: "Glen Barber" To: aryeh.friedman@gmail.com In-Reply-To: <4960BABA.4040705@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <4960B7D1.1070403@gmail.com> <4ad871310901040530r2a4c280ds188a679c815db657@mail.gmail.com> <4960BABA.4040705@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT: how many rankmount units is a tower-case X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2009 13:36:01 -0000 On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 8:33 AM, Aryeh M. Friedman > Small related question is there any long term harm to laying a disk on > it's side (i.e. it lays flat when the tower is up right but on it's side > squeezed into a rack) > The ideal answer is 'no'. The 'safe' answer is 'possibly'. In other words, I wouldn't do it personally, but I don't expect it to cause harm. I'd suspect it'd be more succeptible to a head crash in a vertical position. -- Glen Barber "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin