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Grex > Helpers > #135: Grex System Announcements - Fall 2004 |  |
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slynne
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response 96 of 139:
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Nov 28 12:52 UTC 2004 |
thanks for making the effort.
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drew
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response 97 of 139:
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Nov 28 21:23 UTC 2004 |
Personally I've seldom had good luck with tape. CDR disks work somewhat
better, but occasionally one does eventually go bad on me. I'm not sure about
DVD-R/RW, as they haven't been around long enough yet. My best results for
backing up have been with an extra hard drive, plugged in for the purpose then
removed when the backup is complete. CF cards are also good, though a bit
expensive per-megabyte at the moment. They're coming down, though.
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tpryan
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response 98 of 139:
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Nov 28 23:05 UTC 2004 |
External harddrives are now in the range of $1 a Gigabyte.
BTW new floppy disks are also near $1 for 1.44 Megabyte.
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mcnally
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response 99 of 139:
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Nov 29 00:58 UTC 2004 |
This response has been erased.
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gelinas
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response 100 of 139:
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Nov 29 01:16 UTC 2004 |
I've started an item in garage, #173, to discuss back-up options. Once the
ideas have coalesced, we can start an item in coop for the decision. Or
the garage item can be linked to coop, as the fairwitness prefers.
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mfp
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response 101 of 139:
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Nov 29 02:11 UTC 2004 |
I think the best idea is to get someone COMPETENT to do the backups.
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gull
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response 102 of 139:
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Nov 29 15:14 UTC 2004 |
I thought that tape drive was almost new. Maybe it just needs cleaning?
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tod
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response 103 of 139:
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Nov 29 17:28 UTC 2004 |
Thanks for reminding us at 11pm the night before that the system would be down
all day. *cough* ;)
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albaugh
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response 104 of 139:
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Nov 29 19:10 UTC 2004 |
I believe the notice was in the motd at least 2 days prior to the back.
Geez, no [attempted] good deed goes unpunished around here... :-(
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tod
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response 105 of 139:
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Nov 29 19:26 UTC 2004 |
re #104
I believe the notice was in the motd at least 2 days prior to the back.
I believe Grex was off the Internet all of Wednesday, came up til 2pm on
Friday, then disappeared again and didn't come back
up til late Friday night. How is that "2 days prior" when the system wasn't
even up a full 2 days straight?
**This is from M-Net's Grex conference where most people check for a
status(contrary to the idea anyone ever goes to HVCN):
#18 Ken Josenhans (krj) Fri, Nov 26, 2004 (14:16):
Grex came back up late Wednesday night, was up for all? of Thursday,
and at 2 pm it rolled off the net again. I haven't tried direct dial
yet.
#19 Ken Josenhans (krj) Fri, Nov 26, 2004 (20:20):
I tried direct dial; it looks like the actual Grex computer is down,
not just off the net.
#20 Slow on the uptake (justcarl) Fri, Nov 26, 2004 (21:07):
same here, as of 9:10 pm (Est)
#21 Ken Josenhans (krj) Sat, Nov 27, 2004 (00:15):
Grex was rebooted and came back sometime Friday evening.
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other
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response 106 of 139:
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Nov 29 21:27 UTC 2004 |
Some of us have no active account on mnet and do not want to create one
just to periodically check Grex's status, assuming mnet newuser is even
running.
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tod
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response 107 of 139:
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Nov 29 21:42 UTC 2004 |
re #106
That's another good point. What's the fallback when the grex.org website goes
offline? Is it possible to have a redirect to a "down for maintenance" page?
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mary
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response 108 of 139:
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Nov 29 22:00 UTC 2004 |
I think Joe had that message in the motd for a good long time,
but he'd have to give the specifics.
And Joe kept Grex's status updated at:
http://www.hvcn.org/info/grex/
Thanks again, Joe. Let the rest roll, please, it doesn't
speak for many at all.
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cmcgee
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response 109 of 139:
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Nov 29 22:33 UTC 2004 |
I saw the MOTD message for several days; my sense was Monday or Tuesday before
the Saturday along with the address at hvcn for update info.
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tod
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response 110 of 139:
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Nov 29 22:51 UTC 2004 |
You get a gold star then. The rest of us have quicker terminals.
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naftee
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response 111 of 139:
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Nov 29 23:03 UTC 2004 |
WAIT guys; why is john remmers ONLY allowed to use his initials in the
MOTD, whereas Joseph Gelinas (user gelinas) proudly displays his full
loginid ?!
Nominations for the Grex Board of Directors are now CLOSED. Nominees have
until the start of voting on December 1 to decide whether to accept and to
get their membership status in order. See Item 207 in the Coop conference
for related discussion. -jhr
Grex was down on Saturday, November 27, for a disk backup that failed.
- gelinas.
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mfp
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response 112 of 139:
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Nov 29 23:16 UTC 2004 |
And why does gelinas get an extra space and period?! Looks like just another
case of favoured users for favoured people to me.
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mcnally
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response 113 of 139:
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Nov 30 00:40 UTC 2004 |
Silence, Grexdrone!
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gelinas
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response 114 of 139:
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Nov 30 01:09 UTC 2004 |
IIRC, I put the notice of the backup in the MOTD on Saturday or Sunday.
We try to keep the MOTD down to a single screen, roughly 23 lines. With the
addition of the birthday greetings (which I don't see, BTW) and other things
in people's .login/.cshrc/.profile/etc files, that may be too much. Still,
we do the best we can.
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gelinas
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response 115 of 139:
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Nov 30 01:37 UTC 2004 |
Still, I _could_ have remembered this item earlier than I did. I'll try to
remember to use it, should there be a next time.
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slynne
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response 116 of 139:
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Nov 30 02:28 UTC 2004 |
You sure are a good natured fellow, gelinas.
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mfp
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response 117 of 139:
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Nov 30 02:36 UTC 2004 |
#4 of 30: by Joseph L Gelinas (gelinas) on Sat, Mar 13, 2004 (19:13):
JP2. Fuck. Off.
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mfp
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response 118 of 139:
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Nov 30 02:39 UTC 2004 |
#36 of 169: by Joseph L Gelinas (gelinas) on Thu, Jan 8, 2004 (00:13):
(Unrelated material excised.)
News flash, mynxcat: YOU are one of the annoying ones. YOU are part of
the problem. I invite you to re-read this conference, concentrating on
the responses from "mynxcat" and consider them as a third person. *JUST*
this conference; no need to torture yourself with your reponses in agora,
present or past, nor international.
(Another excision.)
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charcat
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response 119 of 139:
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Nov 30 04:52 UTC 2004 |
I also remember seeing the notice of being shut down sat on monday or
tuesday. Thanks for the work Joe!
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naftee
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response 120 of 139:
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Nov 30 05:00 UTC 2004 |
It's the beard that does it!
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