From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EEpmX-0002R2-NQ for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Mon, 12 Sep 2005 14:59:42 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j8CEs0G3003369; Mon, 12 Sep 2005 14:54:00 GMT Received: from lmfilto02.st1.spray.net (lmfilto02.st1.spray.net [212.78.202.66]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j8CEnTa7017796 for ; Mon, 12 Sep 2005 14:49:29 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lmfilto02.st1.spray.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 834971CEB0B for ; Mon, 12 Sep 2005 14:53:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cmcodec04.st1.spray.net ([212.78.203.80]) by localhost (lmfilto02.st1.spray.net [212.78.202.32]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 19744-04 for ; Mon, 12 Sep 2005 14:53:53 +0000 (GMT) Received: from cmcodec04.st1.spray.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cmcodec04.st1.spray.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 39109CA587 for ; Mon, 12 Sep 2005 14:53:53 +0000 (GMT) Comment: DomainKeys? See http://antispam.yahoo.com/domainkeys DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=lycos.co.uk; h=From:Subject; b=Q5LtdMK/1wysO+dFlr9XqoTywEbbGmQ7o2wlEFIxslVhlnsk9XcKR2aws+YUbHMM7Xjkyzze5U8/FNk95VlOkMq5fEAf8f4u+w86Dp7/Lc8ztOvAPxDcAzx2rU5Wq9+qBlQfXsuGzrXtxxP0pmYUjGyvqw3eDVo8vx9A+Lj+J3c=; From: "Michael Kintzios" To: Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] "Copying" between hard drives potential newbie question ----- > Disk image post Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 15:53:52 +0100 Message-ID: Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2627 In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Importance: Normal X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at spray.net X-Archives-Salt: bf8be3b4-a86e-4784-bc47-d778952a05cf X-Archives-Hash: 93923c424b04ed9b57fcf508db15bde8 > -----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 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 . . -- Regards, Mick -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list