D'oh! moments

[jjohnson at sunrise-linux.com (miah)]

Yes,

Its a risk you don't want to take on your fileserver that has 120gigs of mp3's that has taken you months to download and organise.

-miah

On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 10:05:31AM -0400, Chris Meyer wrote:
> So (and I realize this is going to sound like a newbie question) why 
> can't you just reboot the server? I know it's an otherwise bad thing to 
> do, but I figure that if the server is already effectively dead to the 
> outside world then any other services it might have been hosting 
> wouldn't seem any LESS dead during the reboot, and most file systems 
> I've seen can handle a CTRL-ALT-DEL or two (after file system checks).
> 
> I mean, it's obviously not a good solution for every time you want to 
> down the server, but in this case it's a lot simpler than getting the 
> laptop hooked up through a null-modem cable. Or is there something I'm 
> missing about rebooting a server that doesn't involve long bootup times 
> and filesystem checks?
> 
> -Chris
> 
> Duane Morin wrote:
> > I was the original poster.  I appreciate the offer, but I dont 
> > have the space for it.  I think I'll look into the serial console
> > route some folks mentioned (plus protecting my shell window from
> > letting me do that again!)
> > 
> > Duane
> > 
> > On Thu, 15 May 2003, Jerry Feldman wrote:
> > 
> > 
> >>On Thu, 15 May 2003 07:35:33 -0500
> >>"John Whitfield" <john_whitfield at email.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> > The machine in my basement has no head, and the 
> >>> > only monitor in the house is my flatscreen up in 
> >>> > the office. So doing stuff local on the server
> >>> > means having to take apart my Windows machine and 
> >>> > lug the monitor downstairs, possibly just to 
> >>> > issue a 3 second command.
> >>
> >>I don't recal the original poster, but I have a 17" Zenith monitor that
> >>I want to get rid of. It works ok except that sometimes it loses blue
> >>sync so the colors look crappy. It should be good for a spare monitor. I
> >>had used it on a backup system for my wife. It's free for anyone who
> >>wants it. I can bring it to the BLU meeting next week. 
> >>
> >>
> > 
> > 
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