On 7/18/18, Brad Rogers <b...@fineby.me.uk> wrote: > On Wed, 18 Jul 2018 09:47:31 -0400 > songbird <songb...@anthive.com> wrote: > >> we get enough power flickers that it's probably saved >>me a lot of issues over the years since. well worth the >>$80 i spent. > > Agreed, *well* worth the spend. > > During stormy weather, in the exposed rural area I live in, power can go > off several times an hour. Although it's rarely longer than a few > seconds at a time, it's enough to forcibly shut down computers, and > would be rather annoying if said computer were to be shut down *again* > whilst still trying to recover the journal after the previous outage.
I'm glad I waited a few seconds instead of responding immediately to songbird's input. This is a purchase on my own to-do that I occasionally even remember is needed.. What you said there about power going on and off a few times within minutes.. That killed a forgotten something once a LONG time ago. I think it was that it [borked] the code so badly that I had to reinstall... or something. I don't remember hardware getting fried, just [code]. Maybe it was even "that other" operating system or something, i.e. not Linux. ? :) Whatever it was that happened, I now tell my BIOS to NO, DO *NOT* keep trying to come back up if a power failure completely shuts it down at some point. That's from having seen the lights and thus power flicker on and off some 4, 5, 6, 7 times within a 2 or 3 minute timespan. My memory is yelling that I've possibly even heard the computer grunting and groaning while trying to keep up with that outside interference. Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *
