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On Fri, 3 Apr 2009, Neil Williams wrote: > On Fri, 3 Apr 2009 11:51:38 +0100 (BST) > Gordon Henderson <gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On Fri, 3 Apr 2009, Neil Williams wrote: >> >>> Seriously though, why is everyone still rebooting? >>> >>> neil@holly:~$ w >>> 11:36:59 up 187 days, 16:10, 7 users, load average: 0.12, 0.47, 0.70 >> >> I scoff at your your feeble 187 days and challenge you with: >> >> 11:47:49 up 1261 days, 21:50, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 > > Umm, I think it might be worth updating the kernel on that box - was > there a 2.6 kernel available 1,261 days ago? > ;-) It's probably worth update everything on that box, including the box itself.. However, it's running a little custom app. and it's happy to do so until it's finally retired. And yes, there was a 2.6 kernel 1261 days ago: Linux drogon 2.6.11 #1 SMP Mon Jun 6 16:31:32 BST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux It's running Debian Sarge too. This one however is actually much older although the uptime isn't as good on the surface: 14:38:12 up 204 days, 23:38, 1 user, load average: 0.12, 1.77, 2.98 Linux lion 2.4.27 #1 Wed Nov 10 13:26:50 GMT 2004 i686 unknown has a somewhat older kernel and distro - Woody. The counter has actually wrapped the 497 day limit, so it's really 701 days.. I rebooted it back then to upgrade it's RAM. Gordon -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html