> Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 8:30:29 -0400
> From: Duvall, Michael J. <vzpxlkkm@rele.tunk.net>
> To: ykjowb@roskapostia.tunk.net
> Subject: Re: /dev/null
>
> Originated by: JERRYC @ SMTP {terhi.victor@logonet.com} on 9/29/98 8:17PM
> Replied by: MJD02 @ SPERRY on 9/30/98 8:26AM
>
> >Yes a left handed pliers can be added to cron to run weekly to perform
> this.
> >
> >On Tue, 29 Sep 1998, Mike Bilow wrote:
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Karl F. Larsen wrote in a message to Mike Bilow:
> >>
> >> KFL> Here is a weird problem. Got back from my hunting trip
> >> KFL> and found that all my bash files that had writing that
> >> KFL> needed to disappear, and was sent to /dev/null was
> >> KFL> generating an error signal. and many problems cropped up.
> >>
> >> KFL> This morning I checked and a ls -al /dev/null showed it
> >> KFL> was currupt. It had write/read for root, but only read for
> >> KFL> group and world! Have no idea how that happened. This Linux
> >> KFL> has been loaded for over 2 years.
> >>
> >> KFL> So I used chmod 666 /dev/null and now everything again
> >> KFL> works. I will keep an eye on it this time...:-)
> >>
> >> This sometimes happens when you send a large amount of stuff to
> /dev/null, in
> >> which case it can become clogged. There is a small screw inside the
> computer
> >> located near the power supply which you need to remove periodically
> and clean
> >> the trap, which can become gunked up with data. If you fail to
> perform this
> >> regular cleaning operation, eventually the computer will notify you
> with
> >> messages, such as "Trap 6" or "Trap 13," indicating the level to which
> the
> >> /dev/null trap has become filled.
> >>
> >> -- Mike, N1BEE
> >>
> >>
>
> Another idea is to just leave the cover off the box.. That way the enused
> data just kind of falls out the sides of the chassis. If you have small
> children in the house don't use this method. Some cases have hazardous
> voltages exposed when the cover is removed.
>
> If you prefer to leave the cover on just get a drill and 1/2 inch
> drill(13mm) bit and drill about 6 holes on each side of the box. Make
> sure you wiggle the drill bit around good to clean out on the junk that
> blocks the data path out of the box.
>
> If you dont understand what your doing here please have a trained service
> person perform the work for you.
Also, if you have a tower case be careful, if the holes are drilled too
high, the bits will overflow the byte bucket and get stirred up by the
CPU fan.
Geoff
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