Re: 497 days uptime = 0 days uptime ?(uptime rolloveR)
nate, 2002-Aug-13 23:33 -0700:
> in august 2002 I moved to a new apt .. qwest cut my dsl off
> prematurely, so I moved the box(live, connected to a Cyberpower
> 320VA UPS) to work(2 miles away), and hooked it up to my t1 there,
> no downtime .. about 2 weeks later i got dsl at my new place and
> did the reverse, picked up the box while on the ups, ran down
> to the car, put it in, drove over quickly(not too fast though)
> while the UPS was beeping over and over..and ran it upstairs hooking
> it to every power outlet i could find along the way to give the
> UPS some extra charge ..then hooked it up. all in all the UPS
> lasted a good 10-15 minutes each way..since its a "dumb" UPS
> it has no way to tell me how much runtime it has. not bad for
> a $30 UPS!! I don't know why people call me crazy. it is perfectly
> normal.
LOLOLOL!! I nearly slide outta my chair reading this! Next time you
move your system, get a buddy to take video of the entire ordeal.
That's one for the archives, I gotta say!
jc
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Jeff Coppock Systems Engineer
Diggin' Debian Admin and User
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