Re: Hard drives breaking (heat?)

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From: Simon Child
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 00:00

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Mike Tomlinson <mike@jasper.org.uk> wrote in message
news:F+DXxbADn3E6Ewjq@jasper.org.uk...

> In article <8uv2gv$21r$1@child.demon.co.uk>, Simon Child
<spamtrap@nospa
> mwantedhere.at.all> writes
>
> >Repeat whilst I wonder why the HD is making so much more noise than
> >usual (at least it didn't happen whilst running unattended).
>
> *grin* at least you've made me feel less stupid!

Don't be too smug...

> The 'accident' with
> ..forward was at work.  I was, like you, wondering what was making the
> Digital Alpha box sitting next to me so busy and about to investigate
> when the screen suddenly collapsed from the GUI to a text command
prompt
> and the users started wandering in to complain about not being able to
> access their email.  Whoops.  /var/spool/mail 110% full and thousands
of
> messages in my Pine inbox...

..at least I noticed when there were only about 70 outgoing messages in
the mail queue <grin>.

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From: "Simon Child" <spamtrap@nospamwantedhere.at.all>
Subject: Re: Hard drives breaking (heat?)
Date: 2000/11/16
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