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

["Richard Donahue" <Richard.Donahue@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris "Oger" Gebhardt" <oger@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 4:51 PM
Subject: [cobalt-users] When in doubt, reboot!


> > But, to me re-booting is the "court of last resort"
> > More computers, Linux, freeBSD, netBSD, winx, whatever
> > may FAIL on reboot....
> > So re-booting is a DRASTIC measure
>
> What?  How is a controlled reboot a drastic measure?  If you have a
machine
> that you are unable to run through a simple reboot, then there are bigger
> problems at work, and you should really be looking into that.
>
> I'm not pushing a reboot for each and every problem.  But if you have a
> wacky anomoly that you cannot explain, try a reboot.  I'd much rather
spend
> 5 minutes on a reboot than all day tracing a silly little problem that the
> reboot may well just solve.
>
> --Chris(G)
>
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Rebooting can far reaching, and unknown consequences ;-) It's not a habit to
get in too.

-RD


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