Agreed, the watchdog is not really necessary, however it could make things easier in the case where a (successful) reboot fixes the problem (sounds more like a Windows problem-solving method rather than Unix method though). If for any reason uBoot hangs, kernel doesn't start properly, or rootfs is corrupted, then serial access (for kwboot or console access) and ability to reboot are the oby lorenzo - Rescue System
Thanks a lot Bodhi for your answer (and all of the hard work!). It seems like, at least for the PogoPlug E02, there's a hardware watchdog, according to: Dockstar watchdog supported? At the time of the post, using this watchdog timer may have been a bit tricky (like using a specific user app, which I could not download anymore, but it may be in the internet archive machine), howeverby lorenzo - Rescue System
(First time poster so don't hesitate to point me to existing ressources/posts that I may have missed when searching) Hi all, I'm planning to leave powered-on a PogoPlug E02 or a GoFlex Net (most likely the GoFlex net) in a second home. In case something happens, I'll have a second machine (currently HP microserver, running VmWare ESX, with remote management card), that I cby lorenzo - Rescue System