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Date:      Thu, 18 May 2000 08:29:04 -0400 (EDT)
From:      David Miller <dmiller@search.sparks.net>
To:        Mike Nowlin <mike@argos.org>
Cc:        Mark Ovens <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>, stable@FreeBSD.ORG, adoyle@viewsnet.com
Subject:   Re: rpm and WordPerfect Office 2000
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0005180826490.24997-100000@search.sparks.net>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.05.10005180205420.280-100000@jason.argos.org>

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On Thu, 18 May 2000, Mike Nowlin wrote:

> 
> > > Of course, I sure like my FreeBSD's box (which takes a lot bigger
> > > beating than that secretarial win98 machine)'s uptime:
> > > 
> > >  3:46AM  up 101 days, 21:45, 15 users, load averages: 1.22, 1.18, 1.25
> 
> I'm waiting until I can beat my record -- a Linux box w/uptime of 425 days
> until I had to shut it down to replace the batteries in the building's
> UPS.  The thing was running on Linux kernel 1.2.8 until last January...  
> 
> I predict that some of my FBSD machines will probably hit that mark in a
> year or so...  (That Linux box has been retired -- it's primary job no
> longer applies...)

If we're going to start a senseless game of "mines longer than yours"...

search.sparks.net was a 2.2.7 system which was up for 469 days before a
disk died due to overheating caused by the PS fan seizing up.  If it were
a ball bearing fan I'd be pushing 600 days on it now.

Cheers

--- David



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