[CentOS] Emergency rescue help needed

[Rainer Duffner]

Sorin Srbu schrieb:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: centos-bounces at centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces at centos.org] On Behalf Of
>> Scott Silva
>> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 10:45 PM
>> To: centos at centos.org
>> Subject: Re: [CentOS] Emergency rescue help needed
>>
>> I just had a Back-UPS of about 1998 vintage burst into flames about 6 months
>> ago. Luckily, someone was near it and grabbed a fire extinguisher. It was a
>> Saturday, and if this person hadn't been in on overtime, who knows what would
>> have happened.
>>     
>
> Geez... I have a UPS for my admin-workstation just under the desk on the floor 
> in front of me. Suddenly I feel a bit anxious about that...


There's a reason I don't like running anything beyond my ALIX-router
24x7 at home (while I'm away). And it's not the power-bill.
IMO, UPSs don't really belong in the living-room. Doesn't really matter
if they are old or new.
Imagine returning home from work, only to find only the smoldering
remainders of what was your house in the morning...



Rainer