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- From: david@monymsys.mony.com (David Kozinn)
- Subject: Re: Summary: My first root filesystem corruption. :-(
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.144331.15385@monymsys.mony.com>
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- References: <Bwr5ts.GBJ@spock.dis.cccd.edu> <-192019993@hpopd.pwd.hp.com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Nov 92 14:43:31 GMT
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- In article <-192019993@hpopd.pwd.hp.com> richi@hpopd.pwd.hp.com (Richard Jennings) writes:
- >I'm not sure (note disclaimer at end), but I was always lead to believe
- >that HP9000/8xx do this (because they have a battery back-up. The
- >original poster (Mark Bixby <markb@spock.dis.cccd.edu>) said this was on
- >an 817, so I'm mystified. Maybe I'm wrong, and certain 800s don't?
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- Battery backup is an option on 817s (and other 8x7 machines, I believe). If
- you don't order the option (Option 0E1 for an 817), you don't get the
- battery.
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