Carlos E. R. wrote:
The Sunday 2004-03-14 at 21:04 +0200, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote:
I wonder which is the safest method to leave a machine, init 1 or powered off. any comments?
Are you using the computer 24/7? Is anybody else? Is this machine providing services to others? No, No.
If not, power off. Less wear on motors (fans), less noise, less heat, less electricity spent, and last but not least, less global warming.
(If that seems unimportant, just multiply by millions of users...) I see. The main reason I do not want to power down each time I leave the PC is that the next time I power up the machine may not boot up like I am expecting or as it was the last time I was using it. That is the only reason I would like to keep it running, asides from being a green linux newbie and not knowing what to do, without access to this list.
In terms of me specifying the runlevel, I meant, which is the safest runlevel to leave a machine at if not being used and not connected to the internet? For you Carlos I know runlevel 0 but that does not help me keep the machine uptime increasing, which is the primary aim of this exercise. -- The Little Helper ======================================================================== Hylton Conacher - Licenced ex-Windows user (apart from Quicken) Registered Linux user # 229959 at http://counter.li.org Currently using SuSE 9.0 Professional with KDE 3.1 ========================================================================