Who knew?
Apparently, if you leave a CD in a CDROM drive that resides in a not-so-well-cooled server for 4+ years, it completely disintegrates.
R.I.P. Cthuga MkIII.
This morning after my swim I came home to find the message
/kernel not found
On Cthuga (netlag.com's server for the last 12 years)'s console. It had been having some issues lately, and required a bit of hand-holding to boot after extended power outages and the like, and I was hoping that it would hold out until after we got back from Idaho in two weeks. The plan was to upgrade Amy's desktop machine and then use the hand-me-downs to build Cthuga MkIV, but I guess I pressed my luck a bit too far. Thank the gods that a backup had finished less than two hours prior.
I went to Fry's first thing this morning to get the absolute smallest drive I could find. They had a 200gb for $79, but I opted for the 300gb for $69. When I installed its 60gb predecessor that was considered a big disk. How time flies... Now, the fun of installing a new drive and restoring to it.
I really wish I had taken a picture of the contents of the former CDROM drive. There are currently bits of glitter (former media) all over our office floor. The largest remaining chunk was probably no bigger than a US quarter.
R.I.P. Cthuga MkIII.
This morning after my swim I came home to find the message
/kernel not found
On Cthuga (netlag.com's server for the last 12 years)'s console. It had been having some issues lately, and required a bit of hand-holding to boot after extended power outages and the like, and I was hoping that it would hold out until after we got back from Idaho in two weeks. The plan was to upgrade Amy's desktop machine and then use the hand-me-downs to build Cthuga MkIV, but I guess I pressed my luck a bit too far. Thank the gods that a backup had finished less than two hours prior.
I went to Fry's first thing this morning to get the absolute smallest drive I could find. They had a 200gb for $79, but I opted for the 300gb for $69. When I installed its 60gb predecessor that was considered a big disk. How time flies... Now, the fun of installing a new drive and restoring to it.
I really wish I had taken a picture of the contents of the former CDROM drive. There are currently bits of glitter (former media) all over our office floor. The largest remaining chunk was probably no bigger than a US quarter.