NQIG.NET Version 2.0! Now with RAID 1!

Server Status: Up (5 days before the target date. Sweet.)

Server Notes
Everything seems to be back in order. I've put Motoko back up using a fresh install of Fedora Core 3. I put the old drive into an enclosure and have access to it in the event that some piece of the process was forgotten (for example I just noticed that my Linux Logo app isn't here) but I'm reasonably confident that all already existing user data has been transfered over, all major services are back up, and all mailboxes have been put back together. Squigy, however, may have trouble opening his mailbox (The file had read errors while copying.) If any of you have trouble opening your mailboxes, please contact me.

All emails that where queued during the downtime have been properly delivered to the intended recipients, so any e-mails you where expecting to get should have been delivered.

Oh, ya, just a warning ALL OF YOUR PASSWORDS HAVE BEEN RESET!!!. This means that if you want to get to your mail, you will have to contact me and I'll hook you up. I'm thinking about creating a web interface to allow you to change your password remotely. I'm not entirely sure how I plan to do this (probably with a simple alias for the passwd command, I may scour the web for existing scripts, though I will be hand parsing them to ensure they're safe and reliable) but until then you will have to come to my house to change it. If you need access before then but cannot come over, I will set it to something specific and give you that password, but I will require you to change it the next time you are over.

Just in case you where wondering. Yes, the forums are up and alive

FINALLY!!!!

Damn power supply.

Down, but Doing Much, MUCH Better

Server Status: Down(ish)

Server Notes
Bought two new hards drives, put them in as standard IDE hard drives, got the "My RAID controller is bad" symptoms, said WTF?!!! Unplugged both drives. AOK. Plugged in one drive, Sorta okay (like it was when I installed Linux last time), said F*@$, went out bought a new 500 watt power supply (replacing the old 330 watt one. Plug in both drives, boot computer, install linux almost flawlessly.

What this means is that my RAID conroller is probably fine. I just didn't have enough powerto drive te computer properly and the hard drives where doing a soft reset. So I think the old drive is fine, and given a low level format, could probably work with no problems. For that matter, other than being in a low power conditions, could probably be used as the thrid drive in a RAID 5 array.

Lumpy does appear to be functioning, and is happily sending out wave after wave of "Delivery Deferred" messages to thousands of incesant spammers. It is also caching many e-mails destined for you and when motoko is properly restored, these will be delivered post-haste.

And my thanks and appolgies go out to Squigy, who, dispite my ignoring him, properly diagnosed this problem months ago (back when I had this problem last time.) I salute you, oh great wise being of computer repair *worships on knees* (a point that many people forget is that computer repair is not where my training lies, I know NETWORK REPAIR, not computer repair. I can only make a programmer and EE's educated guess when it comes to computer repair.)

Down for the Count

Server Status: Down (till 5/29/2005)

Server Notes
Motoko's hard disk has begun to corrupt critical system files. What this means is I can no longer delay on replacing her gimpped hard drive. I've run the appropriate filesystem repair tools on the /home directory (where 90% of your guy's stuff is held) and other than spoony's mailbox and my files, I think everything is okay. So I should be able to recover all of your user data. However, this is the good news. The bad news is that Motoko will be offline for a week while she undergoes some critical repairs. The RAID 1 experiment will be repeated during this time period, though it will be done using software RAID rather than Motoko's failed hardware one. Also, the basic OS will be reinstalled from a fresh copy, though all software settings will be recovered if possible from the damaged drive.

In the meantime, Lumpy will be servicing NQIG's DNS and E-Mail accounts (though only acting as a proxy cache for mail.) Lumpy has been checked and is functioning properly. When Motoko comes back online (hopefully sooner than the 29th, but I gave that time for safety) all cached E-Mails will be delivered to the appropriate accounts.

I appologise for the inconvienience.

#^@(in' $#!7#0!3 84$74&@$!!!!!

*takes a deep breath*

Guess the laptop will have to wait. *sigh*