RE: [gentoo-user] "Copying" between hard drives potential newbie question ----- > Disk image post

["Michael Kintzios" <michaelkintzios@lycos.co.uk>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stuart Howard [mailto:stuart.g.howard@gmail.com] 
> Sent: 10 September 2005 19:13
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] "Copying" between hard drives 
> potential newbie question ----- > Disk image post
> 
> 
> In case you missed it 
> 
> 
> On 9/7/05, Matthias Bethke <Matthias.Bethke@gmx.net> wrote:
> > Hi waltdnes,
> > on Tuesday, 2005-09-06 at 21:08:20, you wrote:
> > > > Most UPSs below about US$400 are junk.  You'd be served 
> just as well
> > > > with a decent surge suppressor power strip.  Don't 
> waste your money
> > > > on a UPS.
> > >
> > >   Not if all you want is to give your home system 5 
> minutes to shut down
> > > in a power failure, or to handle the occasional 30-second 
> outage, of
> > > which my area seems to have more than its fair share.
> > 
> > Oh yes, it depends very much on the grid in your area.
> > I lived in the Philippines for a while where brownouts are 
> a very common
> > thing---usually, you get a UPS "free" there when you buy a computer.
> > It's really no fun without one, and for what they have to 
> do the cheap
> > lil things work very well. Their lead accus don't usually 
> last more than
> > a year, but then you just get a new one for $5 or so and 
> you're set for
> > another year. In Germany OTOH, hardly anybody has one, and 
> people still
> > get uptimes of over a year.
> > 
> > regards
> >         Matthias

WARNING: Slightly O/T

Can/has anyone used a 12V lead acid car battery as a UPS for their box?
I've got a spare one in the garage and the thought has crossed my mind .
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Regards,
Mick

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