On Mon, 2 Oct 2006, itayf at nospammail.net wrote: > I have found some advice on the web regarding battery draining, but > no linux-specific information. Are there some steps to be taken to > protect the harddrive? Unmounting file-systems? Boot a Live CD, umount any mounted filesystems, then run the battery down. -- Paul Heinlein <> heinlein at madboa.com <> www.madboa.com