Sniff sniff:
[xxxx@xxx kernel]# uptime
12:01am up 258 days, 12:48, 2 users, load average: 0.43, 0.44, 0.26
So much for a 1+ year target.
Category Archives: Work
Old Data be gone!
So, we are getting ready to forklift a file server from old hardware to new.
Trying to reduce the amount of data we need to haul over, I went through and looked at what’s there. There were several database apps that hadn’t been used in years, for several gigabytes of data. And all this gets dumped to tape once a week.
Joy.
Chasing Bugs
So, I’m trying to save the university some money and get new life out of old hardware. Putting linux on a circa 1997 Dell PowerEdge 2200 shouldn’t be this tough. I’m using gentoo, so I should be able to get this to work.
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