[Boatanchors] GLOWBUGS

[mikea]

On Sat, Jul 25, 2009 at 08:59:10AM -0400, Magoo wrote:
> The Glowbug archive pages at U of Idaho don't seem to be accessible.  Does 
> anyone know if the archives have been moved or shut down?  There is a 
> reference to the HX-50 I would like to see.

I understand that all the magic smoke left the server, and that new
hardware is being schlepped in under the restored disk files. Here's the
post: 

: My main server,  Piobaire, crashed big time on Monday
: during a series of power  glitches.
: 
: The glitches not only took the root (system) hard drive  out,
: but also totally smoked the SCSI adapter which was built
: into  the motherboard.
: 
: Therefore, the entire computer is blackened toast  and will
: be consigned to the junk pile.
: 
: I am working on a new  server, both much faster and with
: more storage space, in addition to  being at least 10 years
: newer, but that means I have to install and  configure a LOT
: of software.
: 
: The necessary files from the  original Glowbugs list,
: website, etc, are intact.
: 
: However, it  means that the system won't be back up until
: the end of next  week.

Serious bummer for him; I can live with the outage, but I'm really sorry
he got hit so hard. 

-- 
Mike Andrews, W5EGO
mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Tired old sysadmin