Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/10/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Brian, I am really grateful to you for all the effort you put in to keep this online community together. Thanks a ton. Cheers Jayanand On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 5:07 AM, Brian Reid <reid at mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> wrote: > The LUG Gallery is back online, still at http://gallery.leica-users.org/ > but the server computer is in a new location in a different city and > county. > > After shutting it down, removing it from its rails and rack, getting it > packed safely in the trunk of my car, driving it to the new location, > carrying it in without dropping it (it weighs 40 pounds) moving some steel > shelves around to make room for it, and moving some cables around to get > enough electricity for it, I was discouraged to find that I could not get > it to turn on. > > After entirely too many hours of debugging, testing, and experimenting I > finally discovered that the button I was pushing to turn it on was not the > "on" button. The actual "on" button is so small it can only be pressed with > something like a paperclip. In the past I had used a fiber-tip pen to > operate it a few times, and as a result the button was painted black and > was nearly invisible. Pressing the real "on" button did a dandy job of > turning it on, and the rest of the installation went without incident. > > This server is a maxed-out SunFire X4200, which in its time was a > screamingly fast system. It is still faster than most current server > systems, but its 16GB of RAM is a bit dated. You can buy one just like it > on eBay today for $500. > > Brian Reid > LUG Saloonkeeper > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >