[tech] they're coming ...

[Nick Bannon]

On Thu, Feb 17, 2000 at 10:40:49AM +0800, Mark Tearle wrote:
> Let's just say the Verge Shopping Network was very fortuitous to UCC
> last night,
[...]

The items in question are AT rackmount cases. Brand new, empty PC cases,
suitable for insertion into 19" racks - well spotted, Mark.

In other news, recent efforts have resulted in ;

 * mooneye reboxed in a rackmount case, with coke and door back to
   normal

 * black, the new HP 9000/715 running NEXTSTEP 3.3, needs network and
   account fiddling

 * morwong, the new Alphaserver 1000A running Digital UNIX 4.0, needs
   license hammering, then accounts, then more applications.

 * mermaid reboxed in a rackmount case, with a new IDE disc, starting to
   be reinstalled with Debian potato, but should be usable now. The
   old installation is available for inspection under /space. Keep a
   close eye on apache - the webpages may or may not work reliably. On
   a reboot, the network _should_ come up, unfortunately this may be
   after NFS drives are mounted, and they'll need fixing. It has a new
   tulip 100Mbit network card and can talk at multiple megs per second
   to mussel, at least.

 * Better power routing on the benchtop on the far side of the room from
   the door.

 * More floorspace, but more cleaning is still wanted this week...

Meanwhile ;

 * malki's fallen ill (flaky motherboard, should be cheap to replace)

 * azure needs the 2GB SCSI drive (where did it go?)

 * erwin's dead (won't power on) and needs professional attention

 * scarlet may need a reinstall for 100MBps ethernet and/or NIS support

 * kraken needs setting up for NIS mastering.

Nick.

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