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From: ghelmer@dsuvax.uucp (Guy Helmer)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Minix 1.5.10 uptime/reliability
Keywords: minix uptime
Message-ID: <1990Jul19.135859.15624@dsuvax.uucp>
Date: 19 Jul 90 13:58:59 GMT
References: <1990Jul13.170652.1893@dsuvax.uucp>
Organization: Dakota State University
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In <1990Jul13.170652.1893@dsuvax.uucp> ghelmer@dsuvax.uucp (Guy Helmer) writes:
>              I have tried running Minix continuously on it
>without rebooting, but after two days it started acting wierd
>and after three it completely died (with very little system load!).

>How long has everyone else managed to keep Minix up, and on what
>systems?

Thanks to everyone who has responded to my posting.  Every single
response (there were about 8 or 10) indicated that there is no
trouble with keeping MINIX up for extended periods.  One specific
case mentioned was the NLMUG machine, which is a mail/news machine
with very heavy daily use for news, mail, development, and whatever
else, and the only time it goes down is when it's taken down by
the admin.

Just to let everyone know that MINIX's reliability is much better 
than I expected :-).
-- 
Guy Helmer                             ...!bigtex!loft386!dsuvax!ghelmer
DSU Computing Services         ghelmer@dsuvax.uucp,  helmer@sdnet.bitnet
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