Ok, so that's one 8TB drive installed (replacing a mysteriously missing drive) and the resilvering process has gathered it into the pool's fold. That just leaves: – A DEGRADED 8TB drive – A FAULTED 3TB drive – A DEGRADED 3TB drive But first I need to tune the system fans based on live drive temperature […]
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I'm most of the way through stage one of attempting to rebuild my NAS's broken data pool before I lose every scrap of my digital life. I've set the system fans to VTOL-mode and the office is just starting to hover.
I’m most of the way through stage one of… Read More »
I'm part-way through the process of transferring my Windows VM (the only Windows machine in the whole citadel) from my ancient Proxmox host to my shiny new one. It's only there "just in case" I happen across some software that I really need to run that just won't play nicely on Linux – and it
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I may have gone a bit mad scientist. My desktop PC is currently rocking ELEVEN workspaces – one per task/project I'm trying to work on all at the same time. "THROW THE SWITCH!"
I may have gone a bit mad scientist. My… Read More »
I have a busy day ahead of me today with lots of local travel, yet I have hope I can get back home in time to do some writing! First though I have to go to the vet to pick up the cat’s medicine, go to the supermarket to get some missing items we need
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I should have just stayed at home… I was going to attend a Linux User Group in my area, so packed up my trusty laptop and strode out into the chill evening. Then my bus didn't come. Then it started pouring with rain. Then the umbrella I sensibly took out with me blew inside-out. Then
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“Today I learned in school that stone aged people had stone aged dogs,” my son said. “Rockweilers?” I said.
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I got lost in my coding and sysadmin tasks again. It's way too late, I have to be up at 6am to get the kids ready for the school run and I have yet to load the dishwasher. Why do I do this to myself?!
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Help! I’m starting to feel that familiar October pressure now. I need to get as much Christmas stuff sorted ahead of time as possible, I need to work on a skeleton outline for my November Writing Challenge – and speaking of skeletons, I’ve so far only hung up one spooky decoration for October!
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I conquered the dishes and in my best Terence Stamp impression I declared “Kneel before Suds!”, to which my ever-hilarious wife replied “Son of Pur-El!”.
I conquered the dishes and in my best Terence… Read More »