Jeremy C. Reed wrote:
> I believe that a stock Mandrake 7.0 uses the old 2.2.14 kernel.
>
you are correct:
kevin@brenda-12:57pm-kevin>> uname -a
Linux brenda.kevins.org 2.2.14-15mdksmp #1 SMP Fri Mar 3 23:43:50 MST 2000
i686 unknown
kevin@brenda-12:57pm-kevin>> uptime
12:57pm up 6 days, 15:55, 7 users, load average: 0.03, 0.05, 0.06
> I did not know that was possible with kernels of that age. It is well
> documented that Linux kernels have a jiffy roll-over after 497 days which
> in most cases locks up the box.
>
It doesn't lock up. It just makes the math more interesting...
Roll over happens at (approx.) 497 days, 2 hours, 27 minutes, 53 seconds.
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