>what happens to netbsd if powersaving is triggered?  does it do lame things
>to your filesystems?  or does it just spin up/down things poorly and etc?
>
>i'm using an ASUS motherboard and I'm interested in fooling with the power
>saving bios but I am terrified of thrashing my files given my present lack
>of a tape backup unit.

I don't let the drives spin down on my machine, but I do use the DPMS
in my BIOS config.

It's totally bizzare...  even though NetBSD is running, my monitor
will still power save and awaken on a key press or mouse wiggle.

--Michael

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