Servers Hated Mondays Until Techie Quit Quaffing Coffee In Their Company
The Register, Friday, August 1st, 2025
Unix boxes needed a hotfix to survive early morning cold boots
This week, meet a reader we'll Regomize as "Mark" who told us of his time implementing Unix systems in a manufacturing business that sprawled across two sites in the Welsh valleys - a picturesque part of the world but also a locale that can become unpleasantly chilly in winter.
This story took place in the 1980s, a time before 24/7 connectivity. The business where Mark installed the Unix boxes therefore shut down the machines for the weekend.