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Date:      Mon, 21 May 2001 19:10:25 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Chuck Rouillard <chuckr@opus.sandiegoca.ncr.com>
To:        Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
Cc:        Kent Stewart <kstewart@urx.com>, Evren Yurtesen <eyurtese@turkuamk.fi>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: uptime limits
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.31.0105211834460.16994-100000@opus.sandiegoca.ncr.com>
In-Reply-To: <20010522102726.J30256@wantadilla.lemis.com>

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On Tue, 22 May 2001, Greg Lehey wrote:

> On Monday, 21 May 2001 at 17:37:20 -0700, Kent Stewart wrote:
> >
> >
> > Greg Lehey wrote:
> >>
> >> On Monday, 21 May 2001 at 14:08:32 +0300, Evren Yurtesen wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>> I have heard hmm actually read at www.netcraft.com that FreeBSD doesnt
> >>> show uptimes longer than 497 days and the uptime information would come
> >>> back to 0 (especially in recent releases)
> >>> is this true or? isnt that a shame on us if we cant prove our uptimes? =)
> >>
> >> I'd be interested to see where you read that.  This is a limitation of
> >> Linux kernels up to and including 2.2.x.  It doesn't apply to Linux
> >> 2.4, and it never applied to FreeBSD.
> >
> > It is in the center area of their FAQ page. See
> > http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/accuracy.html
>
> Thanks.  I've sent them a correction.

A cursory view of their own site should suffice:

http://uptime.netcraft.com/up/today/top.avg.html

.cr



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