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The electronic salvage operation continues. Tonight I installed a switch, so I can use a single monitor/keyboard/mouse to talk to both the old and new machines. I had to string some cords across the floor in a slightly precarious fashion to get everything plugged in and on the network. I'm glad Dani's been teaching himself to crimp cables; I was one short but found one of his successful experiments.
Copying the data off of Doornail (that's as in "dead as a...") is a slow process, because the machine doesn't stay up for very long before spontaneously failing. The first time was about 20 minutes, then closer to 10, then 5 -- and after that I shut it down. These symptoms say to me that the machine is overheating. Maybe the fan got fried in the surge, or maybe it's underpowered for the new motherboard and/or power supply the "repair" people installed, or maybe they broke it or failed to connect it correctly when they had my machine. I wish I knew something about the inards of machines. The original documentation for the machine doesn't cover this kind of troubleshooting.
Aside: We need a better naming scheme for our computers. Currently we have Cellio, Dani, Doornail (formerly Monica), Hub (once upon a time it was; now it's a file server), and Hub2 (experimental Linux box and eventual replacement for Hub). When we're done, we'll have our two desktops, a file server, and a machine for the guest room (because we want to be the sort of hosts who can provide internet access :-) ). If we can actually resurrect Doornail we'll probably make it the guest machine and donate Hub (a P133!) to a needy school. (We have a particular one in mind.) We don't really need five computers in our house.
Copying the data off of Doornail (that's as in "dead as a...") is a slow process, because the machine doesn't stay up for very long before spontaneously failing. The first time was about 20 minutes, then closer to 10, then 5 -- and after that I shut it down. These symptoms say to me that the machine is overheating. Maybe the fan got fried in the surge, or maybe it's underpowered for the new motherboard and/or power supply the "repair" people installed, or maybe they broke it or failed to connect it correctly when they had my machine. I wish I knew something about the inards of machines. The original documentation for the machine doesn't cover this kind of troubleshooting.
Aside: We need a better naming scheme for our computers. Currently we have Cellio, Dani, Doornail (formerly Monica), Hub (once upon a time it was; now it's a file server), and Hub2 (experimental Linux box and eventual replacement for Hub). When we're done, we'll have our two desktops, a file server, and a machine for the guest room (because we want to be the sort of hosts who can provide internet access :-) ). If we can actually resurrect Doornail we'll probably make it the guest machine and donate Hub (a P133!) to a needy school. (We have a particular one in mind.) We don't really need five computers in our house.