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Re: Debian uptime 497 days



On Mon, 2003-09-29 at 20:05, Tom wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 05:11:49PM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote:
> > 
> > hi ya
> > 
> > On Mon, 29 Sep 2003, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> > 
> > > * Kyle Loree (kyle@caisnet.com) [030929 08:58]:
> > 
> > > > 
> > > > the other system is at 486 days 16 hours 36 minutes, and I expect that it will
> > > > do the rollover in another 11 days.
> > > > is there anything I can do so that the uptime will be retained?
> > > 
> > > Why?  Your uptime is the amount of time your machine has been running,
> > > not the output of the uptime command.  Just because you overflow a
> > > 32-bit number with it, it doesn't mean your machine is any less stable.
> > 
> > one of my machines has rolled over 2x already ... and still up and running
> > and survived being moved from one bldg to another bldg in a diff city 
> > ( running off ups in the car w/ 12vdc-110vac invertor too )
> > 	- inverters doesnt always work as advertized though
> >
> 
> Here's a burning question: does "hibernate" mode in a laptop count?

I bet not, since it can't do anything useful (or amusing, for that
matter).

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