[nzlug] When back-ups work

[Robert Connolly]

On 04/04/2008, Johann Schoonees <j.schoonees at irl.cri.nz> wrote:
>
> I returned home from a few days on holiday to find X frozen and the
> Ctrl_Alt_F1 terminal muttering to itself over and over "device busy, sector
> not found..." After a power cycle it was no surprise to see the pre-boot
> screen and "No IDE hard drive found."


Although I'm glad your backup worked, I kinda have to chastise you for
leaving your computer on when you went on holiday! I don't get why people do
this. Unless it's a server, it serves no useful purpose in being on when
your away, it just adds to your power bill and pumps out CO2!

It's also pretty unlikely that had you turned it off the hard drive would
have died, thereby avoiding having to restore!

Just trying to be an armchair eco-warrior,

Cheers,

Rob