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Skriven 2009-12-18 18:30:12 av Ross Cassell (1:123/456)
Ärende: Jamnntpd Server
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* Originally in MATZDOBRE
* Crossposted in WIN95

Hello All!

It seems that the HDD in the linux box, the primary one is now starting to show
signs of failure.

Some of you might have noticed that the server was unreachable sometime in
between 10p-7am on 12/17-12/18?

When the file system shows errors, Linux can remount it readonly.

I wooke up this AM and noticed it acing strangely, forced a reboot and fsck
went wild on startup.

This chit always happens when I am asleep or at work or having to leave for
work.. :)

Thinking I had SATA drives in the box, I have a spare 500gig SATA on the shelf
I was going to clone the original primary hdd onto, using a True Image boot
disk..

Alas, the drives in the machine are EIDE.. So I have a WD 500gb EIDE on order,
should get it next week..

Forewarned is forearmed.

Until I receive the  new drive, should these errors re-manifest themselves, the
only thing I can do is reboot and let fsck do its thing.

In the meantime, I will setup a cloned copy of the setup on one of my windows
boxes in reserve.. I prefer to not keep all my eggs in one basket, which is why
the server isnt on the same machine as the primary mail hub.

When I receive the new drive, the cloning onto the new drive shouldnt take long
at all, but the server will be down when I do so.

So if in the interim you cannot connect, assume the system was down to an
re-occurence of this error or I am enacting my remedy.

I am hoping the primary drive will hold out, if it cant hold out, I will have
plan B to use.

With all this said.

The Eastern Star is not the Internet Backbone, I neither charge any fee's for
use, nor do I guarantee uptimes, all I can promise is to do my best to run the
best service I can offer, reliability or otherwise within my means or available
resources. If you cannot connect, because of this or any other future issues,
its par for the course. I dont like being down, whether its due to power,
internet, software or hardware glitches.

If you want to be sure that I am with power and internet, check out this web
resource:

http://www.easternstar.info

on that page you will see when the mail hub reported itself as online, it
uploads a text file every hour on the hour, reporting the time pertinent to
that hour as well as the current date.

The time reflected will be Eastern Time US, if the time shown in US ET is
greater than an hour old, then my system might be without power or internet
connectivity. If you confirm that I am online and cant connect to the server,
then Murphy is paying a visit. Once I install the new drive, we should be in
business.

Please be patient.

==
Ross
Fidonet Feeds Or Fidonet In Your Newsreader: http://www.easternstar.info
E-mail: ross(at)cassell(dot)us | Other Places: http://links.cassell.us
... Democrats Are Like A Farm Pond, The Scum Always Rises To The Top.
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 * Origin: The Eastern Star - Spartanburg, SC USA (1:123/456)