[LUAU] how resilient is linux with repeated cold reboots?

[Ron Fox]

On Tue, 30 Oct 2007, Charles Lockhart wrote:
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> And then I cycle power.  Woohoo!
> 
> I have had Linux installs in the past which eventually took the long
> sleep from being cold booted too many times, but the newer distros
> seem pretty resilient.  Still, the machine is dying and being
> restarted many times per day, sometimes many times per hour, as I
> tinker with the DSP code on the board trying to fix the problem.
> 
> Any idears on how many times I might be able to get away with before
> the whole system burns up?

I'd check into wiring in an external switch to the RESET line on the CPU -
save a lot of wear and tear on the powersupply switch and the thermal
shock of all the powercycles.

Why did they stop including reset buttons on PCs anyway?

Regards,
Ron

> 
> -Charles
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