Re: [cobalt-users] When in doubt, reboot!

["E.B. Dreger" <eddy+public+spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

CG> Date: Mon, 6 May 2002 16:51:21 -0500
CG> From: Chris "Oger" Gebhardt


CG> What?  How is a controlled reboot a drastic measure?  If you
CG> have a machine that you are unable to run through a simple
CG> reboot, then there are bigger problems at work, and you
CG> should really be looking into that.

Drive failure is most likely on bootup.  Then again, RAID was
invented for a reason.


CG> I'm not pushing a reboot for each and every problem.  But if
CG> you have a wacky anomoly that you cannot explain, try a
CG> reboot.  I'd much rather spend 5 minutes on a reboot than all
CG> day tracing a silly little problem that the reboot may well
CG> just solve.

And just how often does _that_ happen?  Unless you live
dangerously, not often.


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