Another joy of linux

Or: The same situation came up in Windows today at work (from the same cause) and failed miserably

I have a headless Debian PPC install running as an HTTP/IMAP/SMTP/SSH server here at home, with AIDE keeping an eye on everything. It checks against a database held on a network drive only root can access (not ideal, I know, but I haven't the time to make a CD burn/verify/mount schedule that works efficiently enough). Earlier today, it seems, all of Austin underwent a power surge, which knocked the entire office offline, along with the home office. The server, router, and modem all run through a UPC, but the network drive didn't make the cut. At work, the Windows machine failed to recognize network drives (and froze for minutes at a time on each attempt to access them) until I unmounted them (already unmounted due to said power failure), and then re-mounted them completely fresh. At the home office, I simply had to push the power button on the network storage server and linux automatically recognized that the network drive had made itself available again.