On Thu, Jun 09, 2011 at 07:21:02AM -0400, [email protected] wrote:
> Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2011 07:21:02 -0400
> From: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Long Day's Journey into <Bleep>
> To: [email protected], Gary Kline <[email protected]>,
> FreeBSD Mailing List <[email protected]>
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> Not a switch but I have had a router and two PCs just die in the last
> year. I know the agony of having to restore things that weren't
> broken as I went through that with the router. I hate to have to fix
> things that I broke trying to find out what was broke, as bad as
> having to rewrite code after you have a working system and
> your drive fails without a backup.
>
> This to shall pass.
>
> Charlie
>
In November, '99 an almost-new 9.1G harddrive krapped out during
a power-out, On, Out, then On. All within seven seconds. It
was a new machine, not yet plugged into my surge-protector. It
was SCSI drive and it was dead. I had a 4mm tape drive, but
part of it overwrote itself so I lost more than 6 months' of
stuff. I'm still not completely over that loss. ...WEll, then
again, at least I've quit drinking two fifths of JD every night!
==just another one of those oh-shit episodes.
gary
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> On 9 Jun 2011 at 3:45, Bill Tillman wrote:
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> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Gary Kline <[email protected]>
> > To: FreeBSD Mailing List <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Wed, June 8, 2011 8:56:59 PM
> > Subject: Long Day's Journey into <Bleep>
> >
> >
> > Well, people,
> >
> > It's been a long, long century. I've been down for 5 days.
> > Couldn't understand _why_ I couldn't ping anywhere [expect the
> > Server itself]. Finally, tho, it became more and more likely that
> > my FreeBSD was fine ... even tho I kept stripping the most likely
> > problem points. My large 16-port LinkSys router was either *it* or
> > it was some kind of bug unknown to geekdom. After a friend bought
> > me a new (and tiny) 8-port switch, yes! I could ping everywhere.
> >
> > I'm still bringing back the dozens of things I removed from ethic.
> > And testing new ideas. But I have a general question: have any of
> > you wizards who run your own domains or otherwise use a switch [or
> > hub] *ever* had it just-quit?! It is solid-state. Yes, the box is
> > within my feet/foot reach. I have accidently kicked it i suppose,
> > but still.
> >
> > After wandering in the wilderness for 5 days, <<mmph>>, dunno.
> >
> > gary
> >
> > PS: yes, this is a serious question. 1) I like things-Cisco, and
> > LinkSys. I just bought this switch about 2.5 years ago, so I really
> > am looking for feedback.
> >
> > PPS: Another question to ask about upgrading is next.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Gary Kline [email protected] http://www.thought.org Public Service Unix
> > Journey Toward the Dawn, E-Book: http://www.thought.org
> > The 8.51a release of Jottings: http://jottings.thought.org
> >
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> > Good to hear you're back on line. But to answer your question about parts
> > going
> > bad. I haven't had much go bad on me in the last 10 years but back in the
> > 1990's
> > when I was doing pure IT work and was making lots of purchases of parts I
> > did.
> > Now you have to remember that back then a 28.8 modem cost $375 and cell
> > phones
> > were only in the hands of the very rich and very important. I could buy
> > parts
> > and sometimes find them defective out of the box. Others would work fine.
> >
> > Today, I haven't bought many new components because everything is working.
> > My
> > switch has been operating fine for the last five years. I replaced my
> > FreeBSD
> > sever a few years ago. It was a P166 with 96MB RAM and it had been running
> > almost non-stop, 24/7 for 12 years. But then I had another machine right
> > next to
> > it that I built in 2002 and it whimped out only a couple of years later and
> > I
> > hardly ever ran that machine.
> >
> >
> > In today's world, I would say that the majority of the parts you buy will
> > be
> > good to go, but that's why parts only come with a 90 or 1 year warranty.
> > The
> > manufacturers know when to back off their guarantees on electronic
> > components.
> >
O.M.G.: my switch only came with a 30-day return. i haven't
checked the warantee, tho.
-g
I remember the 28.8's .... not the price being > $300.
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