From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jul 14 20:20:03 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DC0216A400 for ; Sat, 14 Jul 2007 20:20:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter@boosten.org) Received: from ra.egypt.nl (cp268254-a.landg1.lb.home.nl [213.51.103.48]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5628713C4B3 for ; Sat, 14 Jul 2007 20:20:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peter@boosten.org) Received: from ra.egypt.nl (localhost.egypt.nl [127.0.0.1]) by ra.egypt.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8B1A3987B for ; Sat, 14 Jul 2007 22:20:01 +0200 (CEST) Received: by ra.egypt.nl (Postfix, from userid 501) id 289403987A; Sat, 14 Jul 2007 22:20:01 +0200 (CEST) X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.1 (2007-05-02) on ra.egypt.nl X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.6 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL, MISSING_HEADERS autolearn=no version=3.2.1 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (xp.egypt.nl [192.168.13.35]) by ra.egypt.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B80DD3985C for ; Sat, 14 Jul 2007 22:19:57 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <46992FED.7080400@boosten.org> Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 22:19:57 +0200 From: Peter Boosten User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.4) Gecko/20060516 Thunderbird/1.5.0.4 Mnenhy/0.7.4.666 MIME-Version: 1.0 CC: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <4697C8DA.60705@wlink.com.np> <200707132345.l6DNjRb2023407@eunet.yu> <46990985.8020002@wlink.com.np> <200707141827.17312.lists-fbsd@shadypond.com> In-Reply-To: <200707141827.17312.lists-fbsd@shadypond.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 000756-1, 07/13/2007), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV using ClamSMTP Subject: Re: FreeBSD-6.1 bootup hangs after power failure 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: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 20:20:03 -0000 Pollywog wrote: > Because of your experience as described in this thread, I think I will put off > installing FreeBSD on my desktop machines until I have an uninterruptible > power supply (UPS) installed. Hmmm, it's just the experience of one person. I've encountered several power failures and not once my FreeBSD boxes failed to boot afterwards. Peter -- http://www.boosten.org